Under the UN Charter, the Security Council has the power to take collective action to maintain peace and security. This will often manifest in the deployment of missions to various nations by the United Nations for any number of purposes - whether peacekeeping, ceasefire observation, election monitoring and so on.
Simply passing a resolution to establish a mission to a given region or nation will usually suffice for it to be enacted - however exclusively for the deployment of peacekeeping forces, nations must come together to volunteer their own military units to form the peacekeeping force. Such units may be recalled at any point, but will not be under your direct command while forming the peacekeeping force.
Active Missions
- United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
Purpose: Observe and report on ceasefire violations in the Kashmir Conflict
- United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO)
Purpose: Enable the maintenance of a ceasefire in the Middle East between Israel and its Arab neighbours.
- United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
Purpose: Prevent a recurrence of violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots
Units: 1 Canada, 1 Denmark