A Difficult Peace: The UN and the Challenges of Modern Peacekeeping

... (SSR), which seeks to rebuild military, police, and justice institutions, to holding elections and getting rid of landmines. MONUSCO, the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the biggest currently in existence, is an illustrative ... ... management, UN peacekeeping also remains an important instrument of foreign policy. In this regard, it is interesting to look at China and its recent engagement with UNPK. Although historically China tended to focus on other aspects of UN work, in recent ...