54 United Nations mandated peace, humanitarian, and observer missions through December 31, 2000. The U.S. contribution is 872 observers and police, but no troops. The chart portrays the number of U.N. missions at the end of each year since 1989 while the table lists the 15 ongoing U.N. peacekeeping operations as of December 31, 2000. However, Iraq has refused to allow the team to deploy. On October 20, Secretary-General Kofi Annan submitted his own report on implementing the Brahimi report.
Many regional organizations have security functions.
Most promote confidence building measures such as transparency in arms production and stockpiles, controlling arms flows into their areas, and requiring members to announce military exercises. Maintain regional peace and security, with emphasis on peaceful dispute settlement. This program provides training and equipment to troops from selected sub-Saharan African states. The criteria for participation are that governments must be democracies, observe human rights, and be governed by civilians. Some of the countries chosen, which include Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire, have very uneven records with regard to these criteria, but they have not been dropped from the program.