United Nations soldiers and police deployed in the field quadrupled to 44.000 between January and May of this year. and since then the United Nations has authorized deployment of thousands more In Yugoslavia ani Somalia. rho total costs have risen as well. In 1987 U.N. member states were asked to pay $233 million for peacekeeping. The U.N. Secretary General said in May that the total bill for the following 12 months would be S2.7 billion. and the cost estimate has certainly risen since that time. The activities within these peacekeeping operations now include organizing elections. monitoring police. promoting human rights. and repatriating refugees. In addition to traditional military functions. But resource shortages represent a major threat to current and future peacekeeping operations.
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