List of non-UN peacekeeping missions
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Below is a list of current, historical and proposed peacekeeping missions which were not managed directly by the United Nations, though some are authorised by, and report to, the United Nations Security Council.
Active
- AUSSOM is the African Union force in Somalia since January 2025 in response to the War in Somalia.
Completed
- AMIB in Burundi between 2003 and 2004.
- AMIS was the African Union force in Darfur, Sudan starting August 2004 in response to the Darfur Conflict. It merged with UNAMID, a UN-mandated peacekeeping force deployed in Darfur, in December 2007.
- MISCA is the African Union force in the Central African Republic between 2011 and 2014 in response to the Central African Republic conflict under the Djotodia administration.
- ATMIS was the African Union force in Somalia deployed in April 2022 in response to the War in Somalia.
Commonwealth of Nations
Completed
- Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Rhodesia between January 1st 1979 to the 31st of December 1980.
East African Community
Completed
- East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2022 and December 2023.
ECOWAS
The Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) is a multilateral armed force deployed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). An ECOWAS Standby Force has also been deployed.
Current
- Stabilization Support Mission in Guinea-Bissau (SSMGB) 2022-present
Completed
- End the First (ECOMOG) and Second Liberian Civil Wars (ECOMIL), 1990–1995 and 2003 respectively.
- End the Sierra Leone Civil War, 1997-2000. The Organisation of African Unity endorsed the Nigerian-led West African peacekeeping force in 1998.
- Guinea-Bissau in 1999
- Guinea/Liberia border in 2001.
European Union
Active
- Operation Althea is an EU multinational force that took over responsibilities from SFOR in 2004 to maintain peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, primarily by overseeing the Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia is a civilian EU mission that enforces the 2008 ceasefire agreement that ended the Russo-Georgian War.
- European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo is a civilian EU mission that currently monitors Kosovo–Serbia relations and oversees the judicial system in Kosovo, with residual law enforcement authority via an attached Polish Formed Police Unit.
Completed
- EUFOR Concordia In the Republic of Macedonia in 2003
- Operation Artemis in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003
- EUFOR RD Congo in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006
- EUFOR Tchad/RCA In Chad and the Central African Republic between 2008 and 2009
- EUFOR RCA in the Central African Republic between 2014 and 2015
NATO
Active
- KFOR is a NATO-led multinational force responsible for establishing and maintaining security in Kosovo. This peace-enforcement force entered Kosovo on June 12, 1999 under a United Nations mandate, two days after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, but it is not a United Nations blue helmeted peacekeeping mission.
Completed
- IFOR was a NATO-led multinational force that took over responsibilities from UNPROFOR in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1995–1996.
- SFOR was a NATO-led multinational force that took over responsibilities from IFOR, 1996–2004.
- ISAF was a NATO-led multinational force that performed peacekeeping in Afghanistan, 2001–2014. (see also UNAMA)
- RS was a NATO-led multinational force that performs train, advise and assist missions in Afghanistan from December 2014-July 2021.[1] (see also UNAMA)
OSCE
Completed
- Kosovo Verification Mission an OSCE mission in Kosovo between 1998 and 1999.
- OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine in Ukraine between 2014 and 2022.
SADC
Active
- SADC Mission in Mozambique in Mozambique since July 2021.
Completed
- SADC Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Democratic Republic of Congo between December 2023 and March 2025.