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un peacekeeper news

India very important supporter of peacekeeping, says top UN official

Jean Pierre Lacroix had visited New Delhi to attend the first-ever Conference for Women Peacekeepers.
Published on May 30, 2025 12:42 pm IST

Two Indian peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously on Peacekeepers Day

India is the 4th largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN Peacekeeping.
Published on May 28, 2025 11:10 am IST

‘Not sure if she fully understands’: Tharoor on Mamata's UN peacekeepers demand

Shashi Tharoor said that having worked in UN peacekeeping himself, he can tell that such forces are very rarely sent inside a nation.
Published on Dec 03, 2024 03:06 pm IST

Major Radhika Sen to receive UN military gender advocate award. Who is she?

Major Radhika Sen
Published on May 28, 2024 07:29 pm IST

Ex-Indian colonel killed in Gaza was counter-terror specialist, UN peacekeeper

Colonel Waibhav Anil Kale (retd). (File)
Updated on May 14, 2024 07:59 pm IST

'Largest single unit...': Indian women peacekeepers make history. Find out why

India is deploying an all #women’s platoon of peacekeepers to Abeyi on the Sudan-South Sudan border. (Credit: @ruchirakamboj)
Updated on Jan 06, 2023 11:47 am IST

Blow to UN's Mali mission: Two police officers killed, four injured in an attack

Mali underwent a military coup in August 2020, followed by a second takeover in May 2021.
Published on Dec 17, 2022 02:00 am IST

Over 1,000 Indian peacekeepers serving with UN Mission in South Sudan get award

Over 1,100 Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) were awarded UN medals.
Published on Apr 30, 2022 04:18 pm IST

7 UN peacekeepers killed, 3 critically injured after IED blast in Mali

Soldiers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), looking out over the desert from a watchtower.
Published on Dec 09, 2021 05:26 am IST

India deployed around 3,000 police officers in 24 UN peacekeeping operations

India said that it deployed about 3000 police officers in around 24 UN peacekeeping operations. 
Published on Nov 11, 2021 07:14 am IST

UN peacekeeper killed, five wounded in Mali

MINUSMA has lost more than 200 peacekeepers since it was set up in 2013, according to its website.
Updated on Oct 07, 2019 04:51 am IST

Al Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali

An al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in Mali has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed ten UN peacekeepers from Chad on Sunday in the north of the country, the group said in statement posted on Telegram.
Published on Jan 21, 2019 12:31 pm IST

Narrow the gender gap in global peacekeeping

In January 2007, for the first time in UN history, the Indian first all-women UN peacekeeping police unit was deployed to Liberia, with subsequent deployments in 2008 and 2009.
Updated on May 29, 2018 08:28 am IST

Unrealistic to expect UN peacekeepers to protect civilians in conflict situations: India

This photo taken on February 04, 2016 shows UN peacekeepers standing guard near Timbuktu's airport.
Updated on May 23, 2018 10:25 am IST

One dead, 20 injured in Timbuktu terror attack, says official

The rocket and car bomb attack left one UN peacekeeper dead, a dozen wounded and another dozen French soldiers hurt at Timbuktu’s airport area.
Updated on Apr 15, 2018 08:50 am IST

India raises concern over increasing IED attacks on UN peacekeepers

In November 2016 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 32 Indian peacekeepers from 16 Punjab Regiment were injured by a suspected Improvised Explosive Device.
Updated on Mar 29, 2018 11:44 am IST