How many peacekeepers have died

Accidents accounted for most of the remaining 27 percent. The annual fatality rate for uniformed personnel has declined steadily since , when it was 3. This encouraging trend is particularly pronounced in the new century: as the number of uniformed peacekeepers increased five-fold from , the number of fatalities did not rise accordingly and even declined in recent years see figure below. For civilians working in UN operations, unfortunately, the same trend is not observed. The fatality rate for international civilians increased from 1.

The rates for UN personnel hired locally are even higher 2. Government-provided Correction Personnel: Officers nominated by their governments for service with United Nations Peacekeeping Missions or Special Political Missions with the legal status of experts on mission. Individual contractor: An individual contractor refers to an individual serving in a United Nations Peacekeeping Mission or Special Political Mission and engaged by the United Nations from time to time under a temporary contract to provide expertise, skills or knowledge for the performance of a specific task or piece of work, which would be a short-term by nature, against the payment.

An individual contractor serves in his or her individual capacity and not as a representative of any other authority external to the United Nations.

Individual contractors do not include personnel provided by institutional or corporate contractors. Serious injury or illness: An acute, life-threatening, medical or surgical condition that may lead to death or significant and permanent loss of limb, eyesight or function.

While the killings in pale against the total of 28 deaths, Nemeth said the deaths are sacrifices that are hard to come to terms with. Not all perpetrators have escaped the consequences of their crimes.

So far, one suspect, year-old Mahmoud Bazzi, who kidnapped and killed two Irish peacekeepers in the s, was sentenced to 15 years. Additionally, the organization challenged the U. Search Search. Home United States U. Africa 54 - November 11, Skip to main navigation Skip to content.

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