The United Nations is preparing to reduce the number of troops and police involved in its peacekeeping missions by about 25%, an unprecedented measure in the last two decades, caused by an acute lack of funds. According to senior UN officials quoted by Reuters, the decision will affect nine international operations: South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Kosovo, Cyprus, the Central African Republic, Western Sahara, the Golan demilitarized zone (Israel-Syria) and Abyei, a region