As of February 2010, Uruguay had 1,136 military personnel deployed to Haiti in support of MINUSTAH and 1,360 deployed in support of MONUC in the Congo.

International peacekeepers should enforce such a truce.

This was followed by the deployment of 2,000 peacekeepers, 80 of which were French.

The Commander of the collective peacekeeping forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) also participated.

In a country ravaged by violence against women, Indian peacekeepers have inspired many local women to join the police force.

I therefore welcome the work being undertaken in some peacekeeping operations to better incorporate the protection needs of vulnerable groups of the population into mission planning and the deployment of peacekeeping forces.

Armenia also had 46 members of its military peacekeeping forces as a part of the Coalition Forces in Iraq War until October 2008.

Considers it essential to build the capacity of peacekeeping contingents for more rapid deployment

Since then, UN peacekeeping forces have been deployed more than 60 times.

Azerbaijan has deployed 151 of its Peacekeeping Forces in Iraq and another 184 in Afghanistan.

Training was also essential in equipping peacekeepers for multifaceted missions.

Furthermore, Kenya endorses the proposal to establish a strategic military capacity to reinforce United Nations peacekeeping and the creation of a standby brigade for rapid deployment of the Organization's civilian police in peacekeeping operations.

NATO forced Serb forces to withdraw in June 1999, and international peacekeepers, under NATO s leadership, occupied Kosovo.

Russia s supposed peacekeeping troops in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia s other secession minded region, have in fact protected their rebel governments.

A further 1,800 were deployed since 2007 to reinforce UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon.

For example, United Nations personnel and peacekeeping troops have been involved in trafficking and sexual exploitation of women.

Satellite and aerial imagery is used by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations for the development of large scale maps to support the movements, operations and planning of peacekeeping troops and to improve staff security and emergency preparedness in the field.

On 5 October 2006, Javier Solana, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union, ruled out the possibility of replacing the Russian peacekeepers with the EU force.

DPKO, too, has supported the Office's views that close cooperation between UNMOs and any peacekeeping force should be emphasized.

Flagrant acts of arbitrariness in the conflict zone take place in the very presence of the peacekeeping forces and in many cases with their latent consent.

In 2004, Operation Althea took over from the NATO peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Thousand more peacekeepers let many of them be women must be deployed in the affected provinces.

The Kyrgyz Republic is the only country in Central Asia that participates in United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Urges Member States to participate in the International Peacekeeping Force in Somalia, working under the umbrella of the United Nations.

Peacekeeping and peacebuilding

The presence of Brazilian peacekeepers in countries like Haiti and Lebanon underscores Brazil s contribution to maintaining peace and security worldwide.

It has nearly 100,000 peacekeepers, police, and combat troops on the ground in the world s hot spots, helping to consolidate peace.

In Burundi and Sierra Leone, Liberia and Timor Leste, our resources are under strain because UN peacekeepers are helping nations turn the corner to peace.

Peacekeeping

Many peacekeeping operations of the 1990s combined both peacekeeping and peacebuilding activities.

Ironically, the Russian troops deployed in the renegade Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been accorded the status of peacekeepers.

Informal briefing for members of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations on the rule of law (organized by the Peacekeeping Best Practices Section, Department of Peacekeeping Operations)

At times, they are complimented by negotiated settlements, or at least cease fire agreements, and peacekeepers are deployed.

Though the political process has since stalled, he has pushed for more peacekeepers and helicopters.

Another 7 billion supports UN peacekeeping forces in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lebanon, Haiti, and the Balkans.

Peacekeeping operations

Peace Keeping Missions

We also support measures to enhance the effectiveness of peacekeeping operations and welcome the Secretary General's proposal on United Nations standby forces of peacekeepers and civilian police.

In the DRC, peacekeeping forces have not been able to curb all violence, but they have helped to save lives.

He kidnapped 500 troops from the regional peacekeeping force, ECOWAS. Before the hostages were released, Taylor killed six soldiers and stole their weapons and cars.

When she was serving as under secretary general, she was involved in the concealment of reports of sexual abuses against minors by UN Blue Berets and peacekeeping forces during missions in Africa.

To assess the activity of and fulfillment of the current mandate by the peace keeping forces dislocated in Abkhazia and the former South Ossetian Autonomous District as extremely negative

In connection with the increasing demand for peacekeeping operations, Malaysia urged those countries that had well equipped military forces to take a more active part in the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations.

C. Peacekeeping operations

Peacekeeping missions