This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. A major issue facing the U.N., the U.S., and the 111th Congress is the extent to which the U.N. has the capacity to restore or keep the peace in the changing world environment. Contents of this report: (1) Most Recent Developments; (2) Intro.; (3) Current Funding Situation; (4) Basic Info.: U.S. Provision of Personnel; A Peacekeeping Response to International Humanitarian Distress; Monitoring Elections; U.S. Financing for U.N. Peacekeeping; (5) U.N. Proposals for Strengthening Peacekeeping: Agenda for Peace (1992); Brahimi Panel Report (2000); Prince Zeid Report (2005); Reorg. and Restructuring (2007); (6) The U.S. and Peacekeeping Proposals; (7) Congress and U.N. Peacekeeping: 1991-2006. Charts and tables.
On February 1, 2010, President Obama submitted a budget proposal for FY2011 that requests $58.49 billion for the international affairs budget, a 16% increase over the enacted FY2010 funding level. This report analyzes the FY2011 request, recent-year funding trends, and congressional action related to FY2011 State-Foreign Operations legislation.