If you look at the hard data, UN peacekeeping missions succeed most of the time. They significantly reduce civilian casualties, shorten conflicts, and help make peace agreements stick.
In two thirds of completed missions since the Cold War, UN peacekeepers, who are recruited from many different countries around the world, have succeeded in fulfilling their mandate.
In short, in the majority of cases, peacekeeping works. Professor Lise Howard of Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA, leads us through the data and the history of UN Peacekeeping.
