The UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia is Coming to a Successful End

By the end of this month the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia will no longer exist. The mission, known as UNMIL, is closing shop after nearly 15 years in operation.  This is a a major milestone and success story for both Liberia and the United Nations.

In 2003, it was hard to imagine this day would ever come.

Around 250,000 people had been k…