IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 489 
Commemorating the Work of United Nations Peacekeepers on International 
Day of United Nations Peacekeeping. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2007 
Mr. SARBANES submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the Work of United Nations Peacekeepers 
on International Day of United Nations Peacekeeping. 
Whereas since 1945, the United Nations has undertaken 61 
field missions and helped implement 172 peaceful settle-
ments; 
Whereas United Nations peacekeeping missions have ended 
regional conflicts and enabled people in more than 45 
countries to take part in free and fair elections; 
Whereas the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping 
Operations currently has more than 100,000 troops and 
personnel deployed in 18 peacekeeping missions and 13 
political missions world-wide, all with an annual budget 
of $6,000,000,000; 
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•HRES 489 IH 
Whereas the size of the United Nations peacekeeping force 
has grown five-fold over the last 10 years, reflecting 
international support for the work of United Nations 
peacekeeping; 
Whereas the United States has the right to authorize or sus-
pend any peacekeeping operation in the United Nations 
Security Council and has supported and encouraged 
major increases in United Nations peacekeeping; 
Whereas in the past 3 years, United Nations peacekeeping 
has started up missions in Liberia, Coˆte d’Ivoire, Haiti, 
Burundi, Sudan, and East Timor, and expanded the mis-
sions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Leb-
anon; 
Whereas United Nations peacekeepers have difficult and 
often complex missions that include preventing the out-
break of conflict, containing conflict and its spill-over 
across borders, and helping to implement peace agree-
ments; 
Whereas in addition to maintaining peace and security, 
United Nations peacekeepers are increasingly charged 
with assisting in national political processes, reforming 
justice systems, training law-enforcement forces, and dis-
arming former combatants; 
Whereas in 2005 alone United Nations peacekeepers sup-
ported elections in five post-conflict countries, including: 
Afghanistan, Burundi, Iraq, Liberia, and the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, allowing over 56,000,000 people 
to cast votes; 
Whereas United Nations peacekeepers are deployed to some 
of the world’s most remote and hostile locations; 
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•HRES 489 IH 
Whereas since 1948 more than 2,355 individuals from 113 
nations including the United States have given their lives 
to maintain peace and security while participating in 
United Nations peacekeeping missions; 
Whereas the United States does not generally contribute 
United States soldiers to United Nations peacekeeping 
missions but instead provides the largest percentage of fi-
nancial support for United Nations peacekeeping oper-
ations; 
Whereas the White House Office of Management and Budget 
gave United States contributions to United Nations 
peacekeeping its highest-possible rating of three stars, 
judging the spending to be effective, achieving its stated 
goals, and contributing to United States objectives; 
Whereas the United States Government Accountability Office 
estimates that investing in United Nations peacekeeping 
is at least eight times cheaper than the cost of the United 
States undertaking its own peacekeeping operations; and 
Whereas in 2005, RAND Corporation reported that United 
Nations peacekeeping missions have a high record of suc-
cess, finding that of the eight United Nations-led cases 
it examined seven were at peace: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commemorates the International Day of 
United Nations Peacekeepers; 
(2) remembers the contributions of UN peace-
keepers to providing a safer, more secure world, par-
ticularly those who have lost their lives; and 
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•HRES 489 IH 
(3) welcomes the efforts of United Nations Sec-
retary-General Ban Ki-moon to strengthen and im-
prove United Nations peacekeeping operations and 
logistical support. 
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