Thursday 29 November 2007

Expensive peace operations

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) the combined known costs of UN, EU and NATO peace missions reached the record level of $5.5 billion in 2006.

A lot of money, one could say. On the other hand, world military expenditure in 2006 was $1204 billion.

Thus, the grand total of these peace missions was 0.46 per cent of combined military expenditure last year.

Something to think about?


Ralf Grahn


Source:

SIPRI Yearbook 2007, Summary in English;
http://books.sipri.org/product_info?c_product_id=346

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