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UN Peacekeeping Hits 25-Year Low Amid $2 B Budget Gap

5/25/2026

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UN peacekeeping fell to a 25-year low, 79,000 personnel, with three-quarters deployed in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lebanon.
A $2 billion shortfall in the $5.6 billion 2024-2025 budget pledges led Stockholm International Peace Research Institute to warn gaps, geopolitical tensions and troop shortages threaten UN peacekeeping.
Security Council faced veto threats as United States demanded an end to UN Interim Force in Lebanon.

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UN peacekeeping fell to a 25-year low, 79,000 personnel, with three-quarters deployed in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Lebanon.
A $2 billion shortfall in the $5.6 billion 2024-2025 budget pledges led Stockholm International Peace Research Institute to warn gaps, geopolitical tensions and troop shortages threaten UN peacekeeping.
Security Council faced veto threats as United States demanded an end to UN Interim Force in Lebanon.