The defeat of both the US-drafted and Russian-drafted resolutions left MINURSO without a mandate, marking an unprecedented standoff after 35 years of continuous UN peacekeeping operations in Western Sahara

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Uganda first deployed troops to Somalia in 2007 under the African Union Mission in Somalia to protect the country's transitional government and repel militant forces

Uganda has begun withdrawing its Uganda People's Defence Forces troops from Somalia under a phased drawdown scheduled to complete all troop departures by the end of 2027

Ugandan army chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced that a first contingent of 109 Uganda People's Defence Forces troops departed Mogadishu, Somalia, on October 30, 2026

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A rival Russian-drafted resolution to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara failed

The mandate for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) expired on October 31, 2026 without a renewed agreement from the UN Security Council

MINURSO was established by the UN in 1991 to monitor a ceasefire and prepare a referendum on self-determination that was never held due to voter eligibility disputes

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An Italian military CH-47 Chinook helicopter serving under the European Union peacekeeping force crashed

EUFOR's 1,200-soldier Operation Althea took over from NATO in 2004 to maintain security and oversee the military provisions of a peace agreement that ended the 1992–95 Bosnian war

Photos of the crash site of the Italian CH-47 Chinook near Brcko carried by the Klix news portal showed the military transport helicopter largely destroyed on a lawn

Bosnian officials and Brcko District Mayor Sinisa Milic initially reported that three personnel died in the October 29, 2026 helicopter crash

EUFOR stated that no civilians were injured and no civilian infrastructure, property, or vehicles were damaged in the Brcko helicopter crash

At least four peacekeepers were reported killed in the EUFOR Italian helicopter crash in northern Bosnia on October 29, 2026

EUFOR operates under a United Nations Security Council mandate to promote peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina

EUFOR reported that 11 injured personnel from the October 29, 2026 helicopter crash were receiving medical care in stable condition

EUFOR stated that a thorough and complete investigation was underway following the October 29, 2026 military helicopter crash in northern Bosnia

Four Salvadoran aviation technicians with the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force went missing in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, after being ambushed on October 18, 2026, while returning from buying market food

The UN-backed Gang Suppression Force in Haiti consists of over 2,000 personnel from countries including El Salvador, Chad, Jamaica, and Guatemala, out of a planned 5,500 total personnel

The UN-backed Gang Suppression Force replaced a Kenyan-led mission in Haiti that struggled to help Haitian police quell gang violence due to a lack of resources and funds

In 2025, a drone attack by separatist armed groups on a United Nations base in Abyei killed at least six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and wounded eight others

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force expanded to cover all of Afghanistan by late 2006 and peaked at more than 130,000 deployed personnel.