Tag: UN peacekeeping

• Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 19:23 UTC

  UN Secretary General praises Uruguay’s contribution to peace keeping worldwide

  

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon thanked Uruguay for being one of the largest contributors to United Nations peacekeeping worldwide. Ban Ki-moon is currently on a South American round of visits that included Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

• Thursday, April 14th 2011 - 05:32 UTC

  UN peacekeeping operations to suffer most from US funding cuts

  

  United States lawmakers are poised to cut spending on the United Nations by hundreds of millions of dollars, less than a week after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Congress to ask for continued strong support.