70 years ago, the United Nations for the first time sent observers to Palestine to monitor a provisional truce during the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. The passing of the laid the foundation for today鈥檚 peacekeeping missions manned by the Blue Helmets.
Even if America鈥檚 has repeatedly threatened to reduce its share of the , Washington still pays the single biggest share of 28,47 percent of the current peacekeeping budget. This amounts to close to 2 billion of the overall 6.8 billion dollars for the budget that ends June 30, 2018.
70 Years of UN Peacekeeping
Who's Footing the Bill to Keep the Peace?
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This chart shows countries contributing the biggest share for the UN peacekeeping budget 2018
