Tag: UN peacekeeping troops

• Friday, August 5th 2022 - 08:13 UTC

  US Congressional team meets with Paraguayan Defense Minister

  

  Lawmakers from the United States met Thursday in Asunción with Paraguay's Defense Minister Bernardino Soto Estigarribia to discuss matters of mutual interest, one day ahead of their encounter with President Mario Abdo Benítez at the López Palace.

• Monday, August 1st 2022 - 08:15 UTC

  Two killed unprovokedly by UN peacekeepers in Congo

  

  Congolese authorities have taken action Sunday after two people were killed by fire stemming from the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in the violence-torn African country, it was announced Sunday.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  Argentine Defense Minister bids farewell to blue helmets off to Cyprus

  

  Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana last week bid farewell to the national troops to be deployed in Cyprus as a part of the United Nations peacekeeping Mission.

• Friday, December 3rd 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Uruguayan President to spend Christmas in Congo

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has announced Thursday he would be spending Christmas in Congo, on an official visit to members of his country's Armed Forces stationed there on a United Nations peacekeeping mission.

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 12:34 UTC

  Fears of Islamic State influence in East Congo, where thousands of UN Latam peace keeping forces are deployed

  

  United Nations experts said on Wednesday they had been unable to find evidence of direct support by the Islamic State for an Islamist militia in eastern Congo. Several Latin American countries have deployed under command of UN, peace-keeping forces, among which Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Guatemala and Uruguay, with more than a thousand personnel.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 04:35 UTC

  End to UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti: political and social instability remain

  

  The UN Security Council ended 15 years of peacekeeping operations in Haiti on Tuesday, voicing regret that the country is still saddled with huge economic, political and social woes. The United Nations first sent peacekeepers to Haiti after then-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown by the army in 2004 under the pressure of a popular uprising.

• Monday, May 28th 2018 - 14:07 UTC

  International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Secretary-General to Visit Troops in Mali

  

  On Tuesday, 29 May, the United Nations will commemorate the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. Today, more than 96,000 uniformed personnel from 124 troop- and-police-contributing countries serve under the blue flag, alongside more than 15,000 international and national civilian staff and nearly 1,600 United Nations Volunteers.

• Friday, December 15th 2017 - 01:55 UTC

  Brazil will join the UN peace force in Central Africa Republic with 750 troops

  

  Brazil will join the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, Minusca, the United Nations has announced. This is an important decision since Brasilia looks to maintain a high profile in UN peace operations and show its increased interest in Africa.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 09:00 UTC

  UN asks Brazil for peacekeeping forces in Central African Republic, given their “fantastic job in Haiti”

  

  The United Nations has asked Brazil to send troops to join its peace mission in the Central African Republic, said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the U.N.'s head of peacekeeping operations, in an interview on Monday.

• Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 07:23 UTC

  UN warns Trump´s budget cut will make peacekeeping operations “impossible”

  

  The United Nations has warned that President Donald Trump's plans to cut contributions to peacekeeping will make such work “impossible”. The US administration signaled heavy cuts to UN operations, in its budget proposals released on Tuesday. The US foots more than a quarter of the UN's US$7.9bn peacekeeping bill.