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The United Nations peacekeeping forces are formed from what?
AMilitary resources contributed by member states
BPrivate military contractors
CA standalone UN-owned standing army as per the chapter
DVolunteer civilian forces only
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Military resources contributed by member states
1. The 'UN Peacekeeping' box clarifies the source of UN peacekeepers.
2. The text says the UN does not have its own army.
3. Member states create a peacekeeping force 'out of their own military resources'.
_Source: Maharashtra Balbharati Std XII Political Science, Ch 1 "The World since 1991", §1.2 ¶5_