UN commends RFMF for high rate of women on peacekeeping duties

UN commends RFMF for high rate of women on peacekeeping duties

The Republic of the Fiji Military Forces has been commended for the high rate of female participation in peacekeeping—currently at 14 per cent, well above the average of 9 per cent among Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs). The  United Nations Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support (USG DFS), His Excellency Atul Khare commended the military peacekeepers at the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) base in Baghda…

Senior officials from the UN and the Federal Government of Germany presented the objectives and structure of the upcoming Ministerial Conference on UN Peacekeeping Operations, to be held in Berlin on 13-14 May 2025. The briefing was conducted by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the German Minister of State for Defence, Niels Hillmer, and Ambassador Katharina Stass, Director General of the German Fo…

The Berlin conference, with foreign and defense ministers from around the world, aims to shape a model for more agile and resilient missions

As budgets shrink, UN Peacekeeping looks to the future

With just weeks to go before a key ministerial meeting in Berlin, the UN and Germany have reaffirmed their commitment to peacekeeping – a vital tool for global stability that must now adapt to dwindling resources.

“This is a particularly timely meeting,” said Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN peacekeeping chief, at a press conference in New York. “A unique opportunity to reiterate the added value of peacekeeping… and to ensure that we remain ready, as a family […]

The West has come to unexpected conclusions about UN peacekeeping: the “blue helmets” are useless. The White House budget office has proposed eliminating US funding for UN peacekeeping missions. Washington cites the failure of missions in Mali, Lebanon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In all cases, peacekeeping forces have proven useless and have failed to stop military conflicts. What is the role of the United States in sponsoring the miss…