United Nations Peacekeeping Missions

[...]  PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE ENDS ITS WORK Today marks the official end of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, the third and final phase of an engagement by the world body that [...]

[...] PAKISTAN DEBATES ROLE OF DRONES FOR PEACEKEEPING AT UNITED NATIONS Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Masood Khan, took part in a Security Council [...]

[...] THOUSANDS KILLED AND ABUSED IN SOUTH SUDAN SAYS UNITED NATIONS United Nations peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday that Politically fueled ethnic violence in South Sudan [...]

[...] UNITED NATIONS LOST 58 PEACEKEEPERS IN 2013 New York, US - The UN lost 58 military, police and civilian [...]

[...] EXTRA UNITED NATIONS TROOPS FOR SOUTH SUDAN The United Nations says it's working "as quickly as possible" to deploy 5,500 extra [...]

[...] GHANA TO CONTRIBUTE 850 TROOPS TO SOUTH SUDAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE ACCRA, Jan 15 (BERNAMA-NNN- GNA) President John Dramani Mahama has announced [...]

[...] CHINA TO SEND 700 TROOPS TO SOUTH SUDAN TO ASSIST U.N. MISSION (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it will send 700 troops to join a U.N. [...]

[...] on Saturday for a several-day visit, his first to Egypt. EGYPT READY TO SEND PEACEKEEPERS TO SOUTH SUDAN Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour said on Sunday that his country was ready to contribute [...]

[...] 350 BANGLADESHI POLICE TO JOIN UN MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Dhaka- Bangladeshi police are expected to deploy some 350 personnel to the United [...]

[...] UNITED NATIONS MAY APPROVE FORCE FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC UNITED NATIONS - France is predicting that the U.N. Security Council will vote [...]

[...] Victims of Christian-Muslim violence gather at the Mpoko refugee camp in Bangui, Central African Republic, on February 20, 2014. Hundreds of thousands of people have also been displaced by the [...]

[...] months ago, the UN Security Council established our newest peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, a country that continues to experience widespread violence.  Once fully deployed, [...]

[...] The commission calls on the international community to enact an arms embargo and on the U.N. Security Council to “enhance the enforcement and implementation of international human rights and [...]

[...] Sudan and the United Nations starts peacekeeping duties in Central African Republic. The Security Council has authorized 10,000 United Nations troops and 1,800 international police to take over from [...]

[...] , the Secretary-General recalled the recommendations he presented last month to the UN Security Council to transform MISCA into a UN peacekeeping operation. “But this will take time. [...]

[...] United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon SECURITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED 10,000 TROOPS AND ALMOST 2,000 POLICE FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR) The [...]

[...] UN Peacekeeping Why not in Syria and Iraq? "Do you see UN Peacekeeping as a viable option to help solve the humanitarian crises in Syria and Iraq?” I asked Hervé [...]

[...] Gagnon, takes questions from the media in Afghanistan. RECRUITING OF SENIOR WOMEN IN UN PEACEKEEPING, WE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR QUALIFIED SENIOR WOMEN TO JOIN OUR STAFF. We are looking for [...]

[...] in these areas including peacekeeping operations. According to Herve Ladsous, Head of UN Peacekeeping, “Women can and must play a leading role in political participation, conflict resolution and [...]

[...] from global terrorists have risen in places like Mali and the Central African Republic, UN Peacekeeping has been sent to tackle some of the most dangerous missions in its nearly 70-year history. [...]

[...] of the needs in the CAR is daunting" and it is understood that even in the best case, UN peacekeepers couldn't be deployed for another six months because of the time required mounting such an [...]

[...] peace (at least more peace than usual) to many unruly parts of the world. But now the UN peacekeepers are increasingly under attack by Islamic terrorists. The Islamic radicals have no interest in [...]

[...] REPORT # 01 Airport is the place where people meet and depart. Airport is the place what UN peacekeepers see upon their arrival in the mission. United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) started [...]

[...] Leone and Kosovo.” On May 8, 2006, the BBC reported a widespread scandal in which UN peacekeepers were demanding “sex for aid” from girls as young as 08 years old in Liberia. In [...]

[...] MOVE TO DOWNSIZE PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS TO AFFECT PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD: With the United Nations set to downsize several [...]

[...] and 52 per cent men, with the most disparity showing at the mid and senior levels. In peacekeeping operations and special political missions, the figures are more challenging, with women making up [...]

[...] , and were recognized as candidates with the necessary skill sets for serving in peacekeeping operations. The SAAT examination results showed that the preparatory courses strengthened the [...]

[...] ’ on the future prospects of Pakistan Army and Police’s involvement in the peacekeeping operations the world over. This request was dispatched to the Interior Secretary’s office [...]

[...] say this would be the first time China has contributed an infantry battalion to a U.N. peacekeeping mission. Last year China sent a smaller "protection unit" to join the U.N. mission in [...]

[...] SUDAN A Chinese team of 100 military and medical personnel has left for South Sudan on a peacekeeping mission, while another two teams are set to leave late November, Xinhua news agency reports. [...]

[...] as Paterne. The United Nations Security Council this month authorized a 12,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission to be deployed in September, recognition that the 6,000 African and 2,000 French [...]

[...] missions. He also called for the expansion of the domain of talks between members of the peacekeeping mission. The premier said that 140 military personnel of the country had lost their lives while [...]

[...] 1979 and went on her first overseas mission in 1986 as transport officer with the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. She said that was where she fell in love with the UN and learned that & [...]

[...] . Haq said Patrick Cammaert, a retired Dutch general and former force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, will head the investigation. Other inquiry [...]

UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE ENDS ITS WORK Today marks the official end of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, the third and [...]

[...] millions displaced. With the national army becoming a party to the conflict, the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the country has had to adapt itself overnight to assume the primary role of [...]

[...] asked to the interior minister for sending more Pakistani women police personnel to the peacekeeping missions. The United Nations official also met with the President of Pakistan Mr.Mamnoon Hussain [...]

[...] and special protection missions. However, this falls far short of gender equality in peacekeeping missions. In a paper by the International Peace Institute, Sahana Dharmapuri argues that the reason [...]

[...] concerns and collaborate on joint efforts to address them and some initiatives, like peacekeeping missions, are often more politically acceptable as a U.N. operation than they would be otherwise. [...]

[...] examinations for duty in the field. Successful female officers will then be deployed to peacekeeping missions, depending on their language capacity. Support for this project was provided by the [...]