United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-02-11 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-294 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-294 P0b002ee18038da76 f:d02294 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-294 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-294 GAO-02-294 Cost analysis International cooperation International organizations International relations Peace keeping Other Written Product A02747 The United Nations (U.N.) Security Council authorized or maintained 33 peacekeeping operations in 28 countries between fiscal years 1996 and 2001. Fifteen operations were ongoing as of January 2002. Although U.N. member countries are directly assessed for the cost of these operations, some countries, including the United States, implement programs or activities that provide indirect support to peacekeeping operations. The United States directly contributed an estimated $3.45 billion to support U.N. peacekeeping from fiscal years 1996 through 2001. U.S. contributions that indirectly benefited U.N. peacekeeping are estimated at $24.2 billion during this period. GAO defined indirect contributions as U.S. programs and activities that are located in the same area as an ongoing U.N. peacekeeping operation, have objectives that help the peacekeeping operation achieve its mandated objectives, and are not an official part of the U.N. operation. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-294/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-294.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-294/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-294.pdf GAO-02-294 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-294 Other Written Product GAO-02-294; U.N. Peacekeeping: Estimated U.S. Contributions, Fiscal Years 1996-2001; Cost analysis International cooperation International organizations International relations Peace keeping Volume 106 Page 447 106 Stat. 447 Volume 113 Page 1501A-475-476 113 Stat. 1501A-475-476 Volume 115 Page 259 115 Stat. 259 Public Law 103-236