U.N. Peacekeeping: Issues Related to Effectiveness, Cost, and Reform

GAO discussed the results of the body of work GAO has completed on issues concerning the effectiveness and cost of United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping, focusing on: (1) the U.N.'s limitations in conducting peace operations that require the use of force; (2) long-standing peacekeeping missions that are from 6 to nearly 50 years old; (3) the extent to which the United States has provided voluntary support to U.N.-sanctioned peace operations; and (4) the U.N.'s efforts to reform the management of peacekeeping operations.