Today, 15 UN peacekeeping operations are deployed worldwide, involving nearly 100,000 troops and police from about 120 countries. In addition regional organizations, such as the African Union, the European Union and NATO, have conducted missions all over the world. Today’s peacekeepers are deployed in unstable and hostile environments to support the implementation of fragile peace agreements. They undertake complex missions from ensuring security and protecting civilians to promoting the rule of law and organizing democratic elections.
The United States relationship with the U.N.is vital to protect American foreign policy goals, national security, economic interests, as well as promote peace and security around the world. But this partnership is in jeopardy, due to two laws passed by Congress in the 1990's that require the U.S. to withdraw funding from any UN entity that recognizes a Palestinian state. President Obama must demand that Congress provides a waiver to laws forcing the U.S. to withdraw funding for UN agencies if they recognize Palestine.
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Provide peacekeeping missions with clear, credible, and achievable mandates. 
The Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping (PEP), founded in 2001, is a Washington, DC-based, non-partisan working group led by Citizens for Global Solutions, Refugees International and the Better World Campaign. The PEP brings together the policy, advocacy, humanitarian, and academic communities to promote improved international peacekeeping capacity and increased U.S. support for peacekeeping through the development of pragmatic policy solutions.
"UN peacekeeping can deliver important results by protecting civilians, helping to rebuild security, and advancing peace around the world. From Sudan to Liberia to Haiti, peacekeeping operations are a cost-effective means for the United States and all nations to share the burden of promoting peace and security. Over the last ten years, the demands on peacekeeping have grown, and operations have become more complex. It is in all of our interests to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of these efforts."