The following information comes from the UN Peacekeeping Documentation Research Guide :
Peacekeeping Documentation
The concept of peacekeeping is not explicitly mentioned in the UN Charter. It has evolved over time to meet the Organization's changing role in the maintenance of international peace and security.
- The Security Council establishes peacekeeping operations and monitors the performance of their mandates.
- The General Assembly considers the financial aspects of peacekeeping and monitors the budget of the missions.
This guide provides an overview of the primary documentation in both organs relating to the creation and execution of peacekeeping operations. Research on this topic can be complex and the UN documentation can be voluminous; we recommend researchers start with books, articles or other secondary sources that cite to relevant UN material; then use the citations to locate the UN material in the UN Digital Library or other source.
The UN Peacekeeping website provides an overview of past and current UN peacekeeping activities as well as links to many resources and documents.
UN Research Resources
- UN Peacekeeping Resource HubA repository for official peacekeeping training and guidance materials and links to other related UN documents and resources.
- UN Security Council website: Research & AnalysisThis page provides links to tables on procedural and constitutional topics relating to the practice of the Security Council that were included in the volumes of the Repertoire in different periods. It also includes new tables, graphs and other data sets that provide information over larger periods spanning multiple volumes of the Repertoire. This section will be updated with new data sets and tables as they are completed.
- Repertoire of the Practice of the Security CouncilProvides comprehensive coverage of the Security Council’s interpretation and application of the United Nations Charter and its own Provisional Rules of Procedure since 1946.
- Repertory of Practice of United Nations OrgansAnalytical studies of the decisions of the UN principal organs under each of the Articles of the Charter ; Comprehensive summary of the decisions of United Nations Organs, together with review of related material, organized by Charter Articles.
