In light of COVID-19, UN had to bring about major changes in how their peace operations were to be done. Some countries like South Sudan have requested that rotation of troops be excluded if they were from high risk countries including China, Italy, South Korea, and Spain. In regards to which operations are to continue during the global pandemic, UN has adopted a system to assess necessity of operations prior to continuing. Some of the necessary operations that UN chose to continue includes protection of civilians, humanitarian assistance, etc.