http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=32281&contentlan=2&culture=en-US http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=277118&nodeid=32281&contentlan=2&culture=en-US UN peacekeeping activity has increased significantly and its nature has changed since the first UN peacekeeping operation, established in 1956 due to the Suez Crisis. At Suez, the blue berets had a traditional mission to perform: to ensure and monitor cessation of hostilities between the parties and supervise the maintenance of ceasefire. Fri, 24 May 2013 10:41:04 GMT 958b1db6-2902-40de-9a7e-12c1e84057da