However, 20 years after the end of the war, the country is now making significant contributions to UN peacekeeping missions around Africa. Liberia first provided peacekeepers to the United Nations in the early 1960s when it joined the UN Operation in the Congo (ONUC). Today, the country is the 60th largest contributor among all UN Member States with soldiers in Mali, Sudan and South Sudan. “For several decades, Liberia hosted peacekeeping operations in the wake of a civil war. Today, Liberia is a country at peace, thanks to the efforts of thousands of peacekeepers from around the world.
