Tag: UN peacekeeping

• Friday, September 9th 2011 - 02:24 UTC

  Haiti UN peacekeeping force led by Brazil will begin gradual pullout

  

  Brazil's Defense minister said on Thursday that Haiti's peacekeeping force of 12,000 soldiers and police, known as MINUSTAH, will begin a gradual withdrawal aimed at turning security over to the Haitians, but not imperiling the stability achieved.

• Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 20:17 UTC

  US says Haiti cholera epidemic was imported, probably UN Nepal peacekeepers

  

  Evidence strongly suggests UN peacekeepers from Nepal were the source of a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed more than 5,500 people, said a new report by the US Centres for Disease Control Prevention.

• 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.