Tag: UN peacekeeping troops

• 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.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 09:42 UTC

  Conciliatory China rejects 'hegemony'; pledges to take the lead in funds 'for peace and development'

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping promised support for a permanent UN police squad and African peacekeeping as he vowed a peaceful rise for the Asian power.

• Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 09:38 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon stresses “invaluable contribution” of UN peacekeepers on their Day

  

  On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the “invaluable contribution” of peacekeeping to the history of the Organization and reaffirmed his commitment to improving the effectiveness of ‘blue helmets’ in the coming years.