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"Indians Won't Do That": Trump On India As Ukraine Peacekeeper Force Plan
Donald Trump reportedly shot down a plan to use Indian troops as a peacekeeping force in Ukraine.
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India Joins 29 Countries To Demand Protection For Peacekeepers In Lebanon
India has called for the protection of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, who are in the midst of a heightened confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah in the fallout of the Iran war.
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Trump Administration Proposes Scrapping UN Peacekeeping Funding
The White House budget office has proposed eliminating funding for United Nations peacekeeping missions, citing failures by operations in Mali, Lebanon and Democratic Republic of Congo, according to internal planning documents seen by Reuters.
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Military Chiefs To Meet, Discuss Plans For Ukraine Peacekeeping Force: UK PM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said military chiefs would meet in the UK on Thursday to discuss plans for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine to protect any eventual ceasefire.
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UN Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix To Visit India This Month
The United Nations peacekeeping chief is undertaking a visit to India, among the largest troop contributing countries for its operations.
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More Women Peacekeepers Mean More Effective Peacekeeping: India's Vikas Swarup
India is committed to increasing the number of women peacekeepers to the United Nations and to meeting the targets in this regard within the specified timelines, Vikas Swarup, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday delivering a keynote address at an event organised by the UN and Vietnam.
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Diplomats: US Envoy Nikki Haley Targeting UN Peacekeeping For Reform
Nikki Haley, in her first week as US ambassador to UN, has made reform of the United Nations' far flung peacekeeping operations a top priority, diplomats said.
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UN 'Alarm' At Spreading Mali Insecurity: Report
Insecurity is spreading in Mali, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned, expressing alarm at the myriad challenges facing the UN peacekeeping force in large parts of the African country.
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Deploying AU Force Without Burundi Approval 'Unimaginable': Official
The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to troubled Burundi unless the government in Bujumbura agrees, the AU special representative for the region told French radio RFI today.
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Burundi Rejects African Union Peacekeeping Force
Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's extended tenure in office, a government spokesman said.
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African Union To Send 5,000-Strong Force To Burundi
The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway.
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Cambodian Deminers Bring Expertise to Cyprus
Half a world from home, Cambodian experts toil under a beating sun to demine the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, using skills they honed to help rid their own country of landmines.
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China's Xi Jinping Says to Commit 8,000 Troops for UN Peacekeeping Force
China will contribute 8,000 troops for a United Nations peacekeeping standby force, China's President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, a move that could make it one of the largest players in UN peacekeeping efforts.
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Bangladesh peacekeepers send home $1 billion in three years
Bangladeshi soldiers serving as UN peacekeepers have sent home nearly $1 billion during the past three years, the country's envoy to the UN said on Thursday.Bangladesh is the biggest contributor to UN peacekeeping forces with more than 10000 soldiers serving in 45 out of the global body's 65 missions across the world.
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Ivory Coast: Over 800 killed in communal violence
More than 800 people have been massacred in a western Ivory Coast town where hundreds of United Nations (U.N.) peacekeepers are based, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Saturday, but the U.N. military spokesman said he had no information about mass killings there.The Roman Catholic charity Caritas put the toll at more than 1,000 de...
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"Indians Won't Do That": Trump On India As Ukraine Peacekeeper Force Plan
Donald Trump reportedly shot down a plan to use Indian troops as a peacekeeping force in Ukraine.
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India Joins 29 Countries To Demand Protection For Peacekeepers In Lebanon
India has called for the protection of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, who are in the midst of a heightened confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah in the fallout of the Iran war.
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Trump Administration Proposes Scrapping UN Peacekeeping Funding
The White House budget office has proposed eliminating funding for United Nations peacekeeping missions, citing failures by operations in Mali, Lebanon and Democratic Republic of Congo, according to internal planning documents seen by Reuters.
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Military Chiefs To Meet, Discuss Plans For Ukraine Peacekeeping Force: UK PM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said military chiefs would meet in the UK on Thursday to discuss plans for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine to protect any eventual ceasefire.
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UN Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix To Visit India This Month
The United Nations peacekeeping chief is undertaking a visit to India, among the largest troop contributing countries for its operations.
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More Women Peacekeepers Mean More Effective Peacekeeping: India's Vikas Swarup
India is committed to increasing the number of women peacekeepers to the United Nations and to meeting the targets in this regard within the specified timelines, Vikas Swarup, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday delivering a keynote address at an event organised by the UN and Vietnam.
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Diplomats: US Envoy Nikki Haley Targeting UN Peacekeeping For Reform
Nikki Haley, in her first week as US ambassador to UN, has made reform of the United Nations' far flung peacekeeping operations a top priority, diplomats said.
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UN 'Alarm' At Spreading Mali Insecurity: Report
Insecurity is spreading in Mali, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned, expressing alarm at the myriad challenges facing the UN peacekeeping force in large parts of the African country.
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Deploying AU Force Without Burundi Approval 'Unimaginable': Official
The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to troubled Burundi unless the government in Bujumbura agrees, the AU special representative for the region told French radio RFI today.
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Burundi Rejects African Union Peacekeeping Force
Burundi's government on Saturday rejected the African Union's plans to deploy a 5,000-strong peacekeeping force to stop escalating violence triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza's extended tenure in office, a government spokesman said.
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African Union To Send 5,000-Strong Force To Burundi
The African Union will send a 5,000 strong force to stop violence in troubled Burundi, giving Bujumbura a four-day deadline to agree but warning it would send troops anyway.
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Cambodian Deminers Bring Expertise to Cyprus
Half a world from home, Cambodian experts toil under a beating sun to demine the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, using skills they honed to help rid their own country of landmines.
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China's Xi Jinping Says to Commit 8,000 Troops for UN Peacekeeping Force
China will contribute 8,000 troops for a United Nations peacekeeping standby force, China's President Xi Jinping told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, a move that could make it one of the largest players in UN peacekeeping efforts.
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Bangladesh peacekeepers send home $1 billion in three years
Bangladeshi soldiers serving as UN peacekeepers have sent home nearly $1 billion during the past three years, the country's envoy to the UN said on Thursday.Bangladesh is the biggest contributor to UN peacekeeping forces with more than 10000 soldiers serving in 45 out of the global body's 65 missions across the world.
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Ivory Coast: Over 800 killed in communal violence
More than 800 people have been massacred in a western Ivory Coast town where hundreds of United Nations (U.N.) peacekeepers are based, the International Federation of the Red Cross said Saturday, but the U.N. military spokesman said he had no information about mass killings there.The Roman Catholic charity Caritas put the toll at more than 1,000 de...
