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United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor
The United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor (UNMIT) was a UN peacekeeping mission established in August 2006 to stabilize Timor-Leste after the 2006 crisis, ending in December 2012.
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is the interim UN civil administration for Kosovo, created by Security Council Resolution 1244 on 10 June 1999.
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNIFIL, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, is a UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon created in 1978 by resolutions 425 and 426, expanded by resolution 1701 (2006), and scheduled to cease operations 31 December 2026.
United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei
UNISFA, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, is a Chapter VII UN peacekeeping mission created by Resolution 1990 (27 June 2011) with Ethiopian troops to demilitarize and secure the disputed Abyei Area between Sudan and South Sudan; mandate extended to 15 November 2026.
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) is a United Nations research and training institute, established in 1968 and headquartered in Turin, Italy, that works on crime prevention.
United Nations laissez-passer
United Nations laissez-passer (UNLP): travel document issued to UN officials under Article VII of the 1946 Convention on Privileges and Immunities; not a passport, no nationality field; blue and red covers; expedited visas and diplomatic-envoy facilities for senior officials.
United Nations list of non-self-governing territories
UN list of non-self-governing territories, also called NSGT list, roster under Charter Chapter XI of territories lacking full self-government; began with 72 territories in 1946, now 17 remain under C-24 review.
United Nations Mission in East Timor
The United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) was a UN political mission, established in June 1999, that organized the referendum in which East Timorese voters rejected Indonesian autonomy.
United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) was a UN peacekeeping mission deployed from 2000 to 2008 to monitor the ceasefire after the two countries' 1998 to 2000 border war.
United Nations Mission in Liberia
UNMIL, the United Nations Mission in Liberia, was a peacekeeping operation established by Security Council resolution 1509 (2003), with up to 15,000 troops and 1,115 police, supporting Liberia's ceasefire, DDR, and security reform until completing its mandate on 30 March 2018.
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
UNAMSIL, the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (1999-2005), was a peacekeeping operation created by Resolution 1270 to implement the Lomé Peace Agreement, disarm over 75,000 ex-fighters, and stabilize the country after its civil war.
United Nations Mission in South Sudan
UNMISS, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, is a peacekeeping operation established 9 July 2011, succeeding UNMIS. Around 12,000 peacekeepers protect civilians under Resolution 2820 (2026), renewed until 30 April 2027.
United Nations Mission in Sudan
UNMIS (United Nations Mission in the Sudan) was a UN peacekeeping mission, HQ Khartoum, established 24 March 2005 by resolution 1590 to implement the Comprehensive Peace Agreement; it closed 9 July 2011, succeeded by UNMISS and UNISFA.
United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
UNMOVIC, the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, was created by Security Council resolution 1284 (17 December 1999) to replace UNSCOM, inspect Iraq for WMD and missiles over 150 km, worked in 2002-2003 under Blix, and was terminated by resolution 1762 in 2007.
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was a UN peacekeeping operation in Mali from 2013 to 2023, the UN's most dangerous mission.
United Nations Office at Geneva
The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), at the Palais des Nations, is the UN's second largest centre after New York, servicing over 8,000 meetings yearly, led by Director-General Tatiana Valovaya, and undergoing the 924.2 million CHF Strategic Heritage Plan renovation through 2028.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) is the UN Secretariat office coordinating humanitarian emergencies, led by Tom Fletcher; runs the cluster approach, HPC, CERF, pooled funds, ReliefWeb; ~2,600 staff, $430M 2025 budget, 20% staff cuts.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), created in 1997, is a UN office in Vienna helping states fight drugs, crime, corruption, and terrorism.
United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire
UNOCI (ONUCI) was the UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d'Ivoire, deployed 4 April 2004 under resolution 1528 to implement the January 2003 peace agreement, protect civilians through the 2010–2011 post-election crisis, and closed 30 June 2017 after 13 years and 150 peacekeeper deaths.
United Nations Operation in Mozambique
The United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ) was a UN peacekeeping mission from 1992 to 1994 that monitored the ceasefire, demobilization, and first multiparty elections ending Mozambique's civil war.
United Nations Operation in Somalia
The United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) was two consecutive UN peacekeeping missions during Somalia's early 1990s civil war, running from April 1992 until withdrawal in March 1995.
United Nations Operation in Somalia II
The United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II) was a UN peacekeeping mission in Somalia, established in March 1993 to create a secure environment for delivering humanitarian aid.
United Nations Operation in the Congo
United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC, Opération des Nations Unies au Congo) was the UN's first large-scale peacekeeping mission, deployed July 1960 to June 1964 with nearly 20,000 troops, mandated to assist the Congolese Government and end Katanga's secession.
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine (תוכנית החלוקה)
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine (תוכנית החלוקה), Resolution 181 (II) of 29 November 1947: proposed Jewish and Arab states with economic union and internationalized Jerusalem; adopted 33-13-10, never implemented.
United Nations peacekeeping
United Nations peacekeeping: Security Council-authorized military, police, and civilian deployments since 1948, built on consent, impartiality, and limited force; 11 missions, $5.6 billion budget, protection of civilians as core mandate.
United Nations peacekeeping mandates in the former Yugoslavia
Security Council mandates for UN peacekeeping in the former Yugoslavia, 1991-2002: UNPROFOR's creation and 1995 split into UNCRO, UNPROFOR-Bosnia, and UNPREDEP; IFOR takeover on 20 December 1995; UNMIBH closure in 2002.
United Nations Population Fund
UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), formerly the UN Fund for Population Activities, is the UN's sexual and reproductive health agency, founded 1967, renamed 1987, working in over 150 countries and funding contraceptives and maternal health in 54 low-income countries.
United Nations Preventive Deployment Force
UNPREDEP, the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1995-1999), the first and only UN peacekeeping mission with a preventive mandate, deployed to stop Yugoslav wars from spilling over; ended by a Chinese veto.
United Nations Protection Force
UNPROFOR (United Nations Protection Force) was the UN peacekeeping mission in the former Yugoslavia, established 21 February 1992 by resolution 743, operating in Croatia, Bosnia, and Macedonia until replaced by IFOR, UNCRO, and UNPREDEP in 1995.
United Nations Regional Groups
United Nations Regional Groups: five informal member-state blocs (African, Asia-Pacific, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean, Western European and other States) that distribute elected UN seats, propose candidates, and rotate leadership positions.