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Are U.N. peacekeepers failing their mission to protect the world?
A record 115,000 U.N. peacekeepers are now deployed in 20
countries; their mission is more vital than ever, but critics and
insiders alike are openly worried that the current peacekeeping
model is overstretched - and at risk of failure. NOW ON PBS
travels to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to witness today's
largest and most expensive peacekeeping operation. There, 17,000
U.N. troops are tasked with protecting millions of people over a
rugged and dangerous territory the size of the eastern United
States, but the effort is struggling - last November, local
rebels massacred civilians less than a mile from one of the U.N.
bases.
How can U.N. peacekeeping be improved so that it fulfills its
promise of protection to the world?