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Peace Keeping Operation

We are actively supporting various government activities to generate national interest and promote national status as a member of international communities.
UN Peace Keeping Operation

UN Peace Keeping Operation started from collective good to settle down perpetual peace system by peacefully solving conflicts and event in the world.

With The U.N foundation in 1945, the U.N Charter said that the U.N Security Council could exert their military force in the case of threat, damage and aggressive acts to peace and described an international peace and security as its fundamental objectives.

With those backgrounds, PKO started from UN Truce Supervision Organization in 1948 and has tried to solve conflicts in 61 nations around the globe. PKO became one of the major UN operations to maintain international peace and security and has performed multi-level of tasks such as reconstruction support and public security maintenance compared to initial tasks.

About PKO?
1. Under the resolution led by the UN Security Council and the Assembly
2. In the face of regional conflicts threatening an international peace
3. If parties involved in conflicts have an willingness to agree
4. UN members who don’t have interests in conflicted areas
5. Soldiers and civilians were asked to voluntary dispatch to the area by the Secretary of General
6. In the middle of maintaining the military and political neutrality
7. The UN operation led by UN to solve peacefully conflicts and events

International organization, various NGOs and militaries are involving in PKO. Military personnel have two types; Peace keeping force and Military observer group. The first carry out disarmament, public security maintenance and humanitarian aid under the entitled power form the UN. The Second is responsible for patrolling, investigation and arbitration.

In the beginning of 21 century, a lot of nations are actively carrying out PKO missions as growing PKO has requested nations around the world to participate in. Today, 90,000 personnel from 118 nations are in charge of PKO mission.

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