 Across this war-scarred city of dirt roads, crowded markets, and security checkpoints, people know the importance of April 15. This is the day the mandate for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is scheduled to expire. So by then, the U.N. Security Council must decide whether to extend, change, or scrap what is now — with almost 20,000 civilian and military personnel — the largest peacekeeping force in the world. Many people here are nervously waiting for this decision. If the Security Council extends the Congo mission, they say, it will mean a continued march toward stability for the eastern city of Bunia and the rest of this massive, traumatized country. Yet there is pressure to downsize. The demand for U.N. military assistance has ballooned in recent years, with five times as many peacekeepers spread worldwide in 2005 as in 2000. ...
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