The additional peacekeepers would be sought mostly from nations in Central Europe, Southwest Asia and Africa and would be used to help police this lawless land.

Put in an additional 10,000 peacekeepers.

An additional 93 peacekeepers are surrounded by Serbian forces but are not in custody.

But he held out little optimism that another United Nations resolution would inspire wavering nations to contribute significant numbers of additional peacekeepers for Iraq.

"We will be prepared to send additional peacekeepers," he told reporters before meeting with Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

It would be tempting to laugh about France's paltry commitment of 200 additional peacekeepers for Lebanon, if it weren't so dangerous.

Mr. Annan's presence at the ministers' meeting today underscored the urgency of getting additional peacekeepers on the ground in Lebanon to cement a fragile cease-fire.

An additional 5,500 international peacekeepers are policing the capital here.

The resolution authorised an additional 3,500 peacekeepers for Haiti, bringing the total number of MINUSTAH troops to 8,940 and a police component to 3,711.

The United Nations Security Council agreed Friday to bolster the force with thousands of additional peacekeepers, but it may take almost a year for them to arrive.