First major mission since the creation of the UN, the United Nations in Congo (ONUC) was important because of its major responsibilities that she had to assume, the scale of the operation, her unusual use of force and her inability to remain impartial. Indeed, due to the increasing challenges of the operation, ONUC, which began as a peacekeeping mission, peaceful in nature, transformed into a peace enforcement mission that enabled the use of force in order to prevent the outbreak of civil war (Fargo, 2006). ). Due to its complex nature, the following brief account of the Congo crisis between 1960 and 1964 will be useful in determining the mission's mandate, its changing priorities, and its specific limitations in a rigid bipolar context. Belgium in 1960 proved to be a hasty and chaotic transition from colony to the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo. Indeed, “Insufficiently prepared, Congolese independence led directly to the mutiny of the Congolese army” (McDonald, year). To add to the disorder, the mineral-rich region of Katanga was declared independent by Moïse Tshombe, worsening the situation and expanding the already heavy responsibility of the UN mandate in the region. In response to the tumultuous situation, Belgium intervened militarily, pushing the Congolese government to request military assistance from the UN "to protect the national territory of the Congo against external aggression". At the height of the Cold War, Resolution 143 was adopted in a rare moment of consensus among the superpowers. Two days after the request, contingents began arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo, provided by a number of countries including Asian and African...... middle of paper ...... stratification mission in Kosovo a was established in response to the Kosovo War, a conflict between Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo, and the Kosovo Albanian rebel group. The war in Kosovo was marked by serious human rights violations, "excessive and indiscriminate use of force by Serbian security forces and the Yugoslav army" (UNCR). In response to the atrocities, the international community had to provide a system of interim governance in Kosovo: "Without such governance, the chaotic situation would present a continued threat of escalating violence and regional instabilities as well as a serious humanitarian crisis . (Matheson, YEAR) "This is how UNMIK was created. This mission was an unprecedented case of global governance since the security council gave UNMIK authority over the territory and population of Kosovo. (Matheson, YEAR) UN Website). Works Cited UN Website..