Deadliest United Nations peacekeeping missions 2023

As of October 2023, the deadliest United Nations peacekeeping mission was the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon, with a total number of 332 fatalities. The mission was established in 1978 in order to maintain peace between Lebanon and Israel. The MINUSMA operation in Mali counted the second highest number of fatalities, followed by UNAMID, a combined mission between the UN and the African Union in Darfur. As of June 2023, MINUSCA in the Central African Republic was the operation to which the UN deployed the highest number of troops.

United Nations peacekeeping missions as of October 2023, by number of fatalities

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

October 2023

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Includes the 50 missions with the highest number of fatalities.

Supplementary notes

Includes deaths by illness, accident, malicious acts, and other reasons.

* No longer active.

** Predecessor of MONUSCO.
UNTSO - UN Truce Supervision Organization,
UNMOGIP - UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan,
UNFICYP - UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus,
UNDOF - UN Disengagement Observer Force,
UNIFIL - UN Interim Force in Lebanon,
MINURSO - UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Saharav,
MONUSCO - United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
UNISFA - United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei,
UNMISS - United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan,
MINUSMA - United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali,
MINUSCA - United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic,
UNMIK - UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo.
MONUA - United Nations Observer Mission in Angola.
UNMISET - United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor.
UNMEE - United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
UNTAG - United Nations Transition Assistance Group
UNIKOM - United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission.
UNMIT - United Nations Integrated Mission in East Timor.
UNCRO - United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia.
UNMIBH - United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
UNOMIG - United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia.
UNTAES - United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium.
MINURCAT - United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad.
UNMIH - United Nations Mission in Haiti.
UNAMET - United Nations Mission in East Timor.
UNGCI - United Nations Guards Contingent in Iraq.
MIPONUH - United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti.
UNMOT - United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan.
UNSMIL - United Nations Support Mission in Libya.
UNMIN - United Nations Mission in Nepal.
UNAMID - United Nations–African Union Mission in Darfur.
ONUC - United Nations Operation in the Congo.
ONUMOZ - United Nations Operation in Mozambique.
UNPROFOR - United Nations Protection Force.
UNAMSIL - United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone.
UNMIL - United Nations Mission in Liberia.