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 2007-06-13 monographic deposited born digital 20 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-998T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-998T P0b002ee1803a50e5 f:d07998t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-998T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-998T GAO-07-998T Cost analysis International cooperation International organizations International relations Peacekeeping Peacekeeping forces Police United Nations military forces Cost estimates Haiti Testimony A70668 As of June 2007, more than 100,000 military and civilian personnel are engaged in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations in 15 locations in Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East. In 2006, the United States provided the UN with about $1 billion to support peacekeeping operations. Given that thousands of U.S. troops are intensively deployed in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, UN peacekeeping operations are an important element in maintaining a secure international environment. As requested, this testimony discusses (1) the costs of the current UN mission in Haiti compared with the estimated cost of a hypothetical U.S. operation and (2) the strengths and limitations of the United States and the UN in leading peace operations. This testimony is based on our prior report and information we updated for this hearing. To estimate U.S. costs, we developed parameters for a U.S. mission similar to the UN mission in Haiti, which the Joint Staff validated as reasonable. We then applied DOD's official cost estimating model. However, it is uncertain whether the United States would implement an operation in Haiti in the same way as the UN. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-998T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-998T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-998T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-998T.pdf GAO-07-998T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-998T Testimony GAO-07-998T; Peacekeeping: Observations on Costs, Strengths, and Limitations of U.S. and UN Operations; Cost analysis International cooperation International organizations International relations Peacekeeping Peacekeeping forces Police United Nations military forces Cost estimates Haiti Volume 118 Page 2809 118 Stat. 2809 Public Law 108-447