For 60 years now, United Nations peacekeeping operations have been helping societies emerging from conflict return to a path of reconstruction and development. The UN's work in Cyprus is an integral part of that history. Since its inception following the outbreak of inter-communal violence in 1963, UNFICYP has worked to prevent a recurrence of fighting and contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and a return to normal conditions. The United Nations has also been active in bringing the sides together with a view to reaching a just and lasting settlement. The photographs in this commemorative volume provide a small window on the daily work of UNFICYP's peacekeepers -- men and women soldiers, police and civilians from around the world with the people of Cyprus. This book is a tribute to them and to the many peacekeepers who have lost their lives in the service of peace on this island and around the world.

The Oxford Handbook on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations presents an innovative, authoritative, and accessible examination and critique of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. Since the late 1940s, but particularly since the end of the cold war, peacekeeping has been a central part of the core activities of the United Nations and a major process in global security governance and the management of international relations in general. The volume will present a chronological analysis, designed to provide a comprehensive perspective that highlights the evolution of UN peacekeeping and offers a detailed picture of how the decisions of UN bureaucrats and national governments on the set-up and design of particular UN missions were, and remain, influenced by the impact of preceding operations. The volume will bring together leading scholars and senior practitioners in order to provide overviews and analyses of all 65 peacekeeping operations that have been carried out by the United Nations since 1948. As with all Oxford Handbooks, the volume will be agenda-setting in importance, providing the authoritative point of reference for all those working throughout international relations and beyond.