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Peace operations
 

Support to UN peacekeeping

The USA contributes to UN peacekeeping missions with 81 personnel (62 police; 8 military observers; and 11 troops) as of August 2009. Missions supported included the following:
  • UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
  • UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT),
  • UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
  • UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)
  • UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
  • UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI),

Source: UN Peacekeeping

Support to NATO operations

The USA participates in NATO operations as follows:

  • with 1,483 troops in Kosovo (KFOR)
  • with 28,850 troops in Afghanistan (ISAF, International Security Assistance Force)

Source: NATO

 

   
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