NATO peacekeeping

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been involved in active peacekeeping missions since 1994, and coordinates with UN Peacekeeping operations and directives.

History

The Former Yugoslavia

See also: Yugoslav wars

The first NATO peacekeeping mission has its roots on February 28, 1994, when the organization authorized U.S. fighters to fire on Serbian planes violating the no-fly zone over the former Yugoslavia.^[1] Previously, NATO had limited itself to solving conflicts within its member states; this operation marked a shift as the alliance worked to keep the peace in regions of Eastern Europe, which was considered to be an "out-of-area deployment."^[2] In December 1995, NATO sent an unprecedented 60,000 troops to ensure that all sides would abide by the Dayton accords, which was replaced by a smaller force of 32,000 troops a year later.^[3]

Under a UN mandate, a NATO-led force (IFOR) entered Bosnia in order to implement The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In a similar manner, a NATO operation (KFOR) continues in the Serbian province of Kosovo.

The NATO-led mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina has since been replaced by a European Union peacekeeping mission, EUFOR.

Current operations

Further information: Coalition combat operations in Afghanistan in 2006

NATO currently has peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan^[4].

NATO Afghanistan Operations

• ISAF

NATO former Yugoslavia Operations

• IFOR
• KFOR
• Operation Allied Force
• Operation Deliberate Force
• SFOR

See also

• Peacekeeping

References

1. ^ British American Security Information Council, NATO, Peacekeeping, and the United Nations, Report 94.1, http://www.bits.de/public/pdf/report94-1.pdf
2. ^ NATO Review, Lessons Learned, Vol. 49 - No. 2 Summer 2001 p. 12-15, http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2001/0102-03.htm
3. ^ Congressional Research Service, Bosnia and the European Union Military Force (EUFOR): Post-NATO Peacekeeping, http://fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21774.pdf
4. ^ BBC News, Nato's Afghanistan troop dilemma, 26 December 2005, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4526150.stm

External links

• Paul F. Diehl, "Problems with NATO's Peace Operations in Afghanistan", ACDIS Swords and Ploughshares 16:2 (summer 2008), Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.