The United Nations Security Council and War:The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945 (111 page)

This appendix lists certain UN missions, institutions, and forces addressing various problems of international peace and security. They have many different purposes and forms: political missions, peace-building offices, advisory groups, international tribunals, monitoring missions, and small special missions. The list is illustrative rather than complete. A key criterion for inclusion in this list is that all these bodies have been run by the UN but are not classified as peacekeeping operations. However, in many cases they operated before, after, or in conjunction with UN peacekeeping forces, and in some cases they have been administered by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The forces and missions listed here were authorized variously by the Security Council, the General Assembly, and the Secretary-General.

In addition to the various bodies listed here, there has been a large number of Security Council missions to particular countries and crisis areas, generally with the function of reporting to the Security Council on complex situations that might require Council action. For a list of reports of the many such missions since 1992, see
www.un.org/Docs/sc/missionreports.html