ABSTRACT
Since the early 1990s, there has been a significant increase in the number of peacekeeping operations organized by the United Nations as well as expansion of their scope. The United Nations defines peacekeeping as
[A] technique designed to preserve the peace, however fragile, where fighting has been halted, and to assist in implementing agreements achieved by peacekeepers … peacekeeping has evolved from a primarily military model of observing ceasefires and separation of forces after inter-state wars, to incorporate a complex model of many elements – military, police and civilian – working together to help lay the foundations for sustainable peace.
(United Nations, 2008, p.18)