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Abstract
This thesis provides a comprehensive explanation of the UN (United Nations) human resource contribution by member states to UN peacekeeping operations (UN PKOs) by employing Moravcsik (1997)s two-stage behavioral theory of states. A statistical analyses of two independent models of states contributions and the size of contribution between 2002 and 2006 by the UN member states shows several findings and implications: (1) Liberal ideas and institutional democracy do not always follow the same direction in foreign policy decisions; (2) member states consider trade relationships with the mission areas for deciding contributions of human resources; (3) the conventional wisdom that member states have a less developed economy send more human resources is supported by the statistical analysis.