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 2003-09-26 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-03-1071 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1071 P0b002ee18039a768 f:d031071 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1071 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1071 GAO-03-1071 International agreements International cooperation International organizations International relations Military operations Strategic planning Foreign governments Democratic Republic of the Congo East Timor Sierra Leone Other Written Product A08598 The United Nations responded to the failure of some past peacekeeping operations by developing a strategy to help peacekeeping operations move a country from conflict to sustainable peace. It has attempted to apply this strategy to the large and costly peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone, East Timor, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2001. As a contributor of over 25 percent of the cost of U.N. operations, the United States has a stake in the successful application of this strategy. The strategy also has implications for the conduct of international peace operations in other post-conflict countries. GAO was asked to (1) identify the elements of the U.N. transition strategy; (2) assess the extent to which the United Nations has applied the strategy to operations; and (3) assess the challenges to implementing the strategy in these three countries. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1071/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1071.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1071/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1071.pdf GAO-03-1071 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-1071 Other Written Product GAO-03-1071; U.N. Peacekeeping: Transition Strategies for Post-Conflict Countries Lack Results-Oriented Measures of Progress; International agreements International cooperation International organizations International relations Military operations Strategic planning Foreign governments Democratic Republic of the Congo East Timor Sierra Leone