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This paper reviews the key peacekeeping reforms implemented by the United Nations (UN) over the past twenty years, discussing in particular: the change in peacekeeping doctrine stemming from the lessons learned from its experiences in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia; the changes in organizational structure within the United Nations to improve the administration and management of peacekeeping operations; the systems put in place to recruit and deploy a vast number of military, police and civilian personnel; the improvement in training to adequately prepare people for field duty; the modifications made to the budgetary and financial rules within the organization to facilitate expenditures for the rapid start-up of new missions; and the revision in logistics and procurement procedures to provide missions with basic equipment and commercial services required for new operations.