Tag: peacekeeping
UN approves $5 billion plus peacekeeping budget
Five of the United Nations (UN) 12 peacekeeping and/or peace support missions are in Africa with a commensurate portion of the world body’s $5.4...
Peacekeeping at a precipice
There are few images as iconic as that of a United Nations (UN) peacekeeper clad in a blue helmet, ushering civilians to safety or...
Pretoria reaffirms peacekeeping commitment amid SAMIDRC fallout
South Africa’s participation in the now-defunct Southern African Development Community Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (SAMIDRC) was once lauded as an...
Peacekeeping is a lifesaving tool and a smart investment – top...
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the top man in the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping hierarchy, used the example of what is now Namibia (formerly South West Africa)...
Fallen peacekeepers deaths not in vain – Maphwanya
The 29th of May marked the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) commemorated the occasion with an...
Multilateral peacekeeping takes a knock
The number of personnel deployed to multilateral peace operations fell by more than 40% between 2015 and 2024 as geopolitical tensions and funding cuts...
As the UN turns 80, is a new era of peacekeeping...
With the future of multilateralism hanging in the balance, the United Nations (UN) used this month’s Peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin to mobilise political support...
Multiple pledges made at UN Peacekeeping Ministerial
The just-ended United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping Ministerial in Germany saw pledges across a range of peacekeeping activities, including military and police units, airlift and...
UN blue helmets essential to international peace – Guterres
In the light of worsening financial support for peacekeeping from the wider international community, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has it the world...
The SAMIDRC Deployment: peacekeeping or peace enforcement?
The ongoing conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently saw a major escalation of violence when the March 23 Movement (M23)...
Peacekeeping armies: what are they, why do African states build them...
Since 1948, more than two million uniformed peacekeepers have served in over 70 United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions.
They have come from over 120 UN...
United Nations publishes report on equal opportunity for women in defence
To take stock of the status of women in defence, the United Nations has developed the first-ever United Nations Report on Equal Opportunity for...
UN funds for AU peace operations: Somalia as a test case
Last December, the United Nations (UN) Security Council unanimously agreed to consider case-by-case requests from the African Union (AU) for UN funding for peacekeeping...
Empowering peacekeepers: Inside South Africa’s peace mission training centre
Democratic South Africa’s involvement in continental peacekeeping and peace support operations started in 1999. Nine years later the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) set...
“Climate of division” affecting UN African peacekeeping
United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in sub-Saharan Africa operate under more challenging political and security conditions due to multiple crises and what Head of...
Ghana UN Peacekeeping Ministerial ends with increased commitments
Ninety-one countries and three international organisations committed to continue peacekeeping under the United Nations (UN) umbrella at this week’s Peacekeeping Ministerial in Ghana.
Additionally, the...
Africa isn’t ready for a withdrawal of peacekeepers
Peacekeeping operations have played a crucial role in stabilising fragile situations across Africa for over 60 years. More than 13 United Nations (UN)-led missions...
African-led peace operations: A crucial tool for peace and security
African-led peace operations have been vital tools for managing Africa’s complex array of security challenges, though continued reform is needed to intervene more decisively...
ISS: Could UN funding for AU peace missions become the norm?
The African Union (AU) and its regional economic communities have deployed about 27 peace support operations in Africa since the 2000s. These missions have...
ISS: UN peacekeeping in Africa needs tighter parameters
Peacekeeping is one of the United Nations’ (UN) most important conflict management tools, but policymakers, host countries and experts agree that it is in...
ISS: What do protests say about UN peacekeeping in Africa?
In the past few months, two United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions in Africa have encountered violent protests from the local populations they’re meant to...
Support for peacekeepers more necessary than ever top UN official says
An example of what peacekeeping means to people affected by conflict comes from troubled South Sudan where a recent survey had 80% of respondents...
UN peacekeeping in Africa is working better than you might think
Media headlines often make it seem as if peacekeeping is not going well; they tend to highlight violence, displacement and abuse. The quantitative data,...
UN worker killed in attack on peacekeeping convoy in Mali
Unidentified armed men attacked a convoy belonging to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali on Friday, killing one civilian worker and wounding another,...
UN states agree to $6 billion peacekeeping budget, averting shutdown
United Nations member states agreed on Tuesday to a budget of some $6 billion for the world body’s 12 peacekeeping missions for the next...
Strengthening UN peacekeepers’ conduct
South Africa, acknowledged by the UN for adoption of best practices to deal with sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA) in its military, was one...
Progress on UN Action for Peacekeeping
Three years since the UN Secretary-General launched his Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) initiative to strengthen peacekeeping operations internationally there has been “significant progress but...
COVID-19 exacerbating CAT vulnerabilities – UN peacekeeping chief
The Central African Republic (CAR) is progressing with preparations for presidential and legislative elections in December, but the political situation remains fragile and security...
Multilateral peace operations declined in 2019 – report
While the number of United Nations and non-UN multilateral peace operations increased slightly in 2019, the number of personnel deployed in them decreased, according...
US peacekeeping investment helping fight COVID-19
Five African countries are among the over 120 worldwide on receiving end of US largesse, said to be more than $900 million, since the...
Sinai peacekeeper cutback to be discussed
Israel will discuss with close ally the US a newspaper report that US-led peacekeeping force in the Egyptian Sinai may be scaled back, calling...
UN peacekeeping rotations on hold until mid-year
The South African component of the UN’s largest peacekeeping mission – MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – will stay in place...
Female peacekeepers should be climbing the ladder
Bintou Keita, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, discusses the benefits and challenges of bringing more women into peacekeeping.
Originally from Guinea, Keita joined the United...
Training for peace
Peacekeeping is sometimes called a paradox because it requires the ability to use force and the restraint not to use it. Former United Nations...
Mali peace deal implementation a must – UN peacekeeping chief
Implementation of the 2015 peace agreement in Mali is the only path to stabilisation the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council.
Jean-Pierre...
UN peacekeeping performance evaluation
The international community last week took stock of action to improve UN peacekeeping in line with a Security Council resolution aimed at enhancing performance...
Security Council told of challenges facing peacekeepers
Organised crime, breakdowns in law and order and attacks by extremists are examples of challenges faced by UN peacekeepers the Security Council heard, during...
Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force team to train Ugandan military engineers
22 members of the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (JGSDF) Trainers Team will soon be deployed to Uganda.
According to the JGSDF Facebook page, the team...
Mapisa-Nqakula tells UN conference South Africa is committed to peacekeeping
South Africa’s defence minister was one of many taking part in a recent UN peacekeeping ministerial conference where she gave some insight into the...
UN budget procedure review sought to ensure payment for troop contributing...
The bean counters at the Department of Defence (DoD) and the national defence force would be right if they alerted the South African contingent...
Brand SA welcomes UN recognition of SA’s peacekeeping role
Brand South Africa has welcomes the United Nations (UN) recognition and praise of South Africa’s role in peacekeeping missions on the African continent.
Speaking at...
UN peacekeeping missions in Africa report most deaths
That peacekeeping is dangerous – often fatal – and particularly in Africa is again borne out by this year’s list of recipients of the...
South Africa wants specialist UN training teams to up peacekeeping professionalism
As the UN prepares for the 20th commemoration of UN Peacekeepers Day on 29 May, the Security Council heard a senior South African diplomat...
SANDF peacekeeping efforts continue in Africa
South Africa has engaged in over a dozen peace missions since democracy as it recognises that its destiny is linked to the Southern African...
U.N. members owe $2 billion in debt to peacekeeping, U.S. owes...
U.N. member states owe nearly $2 billion (1.54 billion pounds) in peacekeeping funds, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned, with the United States...
Feature: Women in peacekeeping
Cpl. Laker Doris Patricia of the Ugandan People's Defence Force drove a large supply truck every day. She carried everything from bullets...
ISS: South Africa’s vital role in the future of peacekeeping
By 1 January 2019 South Africa will be one of Africa's three representatives on the UN Security Council. The country can use...
UN peacekeeping chief on challenges ahead
United Nations peacekeeping remains one of the most effective tools to respond to today's challenges of global peace and security writes Jean-Pierre...
UN peacekeeping chief on challenges ahead
United Nations peacekeeping remains one of the most effective tools to respond to today's challenges of global peace and security writes Jean-Pierre...
Feature: Protecting civilians in times of conflict
In asymmetric wars, more needs to be done to protect people caught in the middle
A small bus loaded with 24 people from...
