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UNSC extends peacekeeping mission in CAR for 1 year, Russia, China abstain
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday extending for another year the mandate of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), with Russia and China abstaining.
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Deployed nearly 3000 police officers in 24 UN peacekeeping operations: Ind
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 11 (ANI): India has paid tribute to all women and men peacekeepers, including the 14 police officers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty, said the country's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, R Ravindra.
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10 blue helmets injured during attack in Central African Republic
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bangui [CAR], November 3 (ANI): Ten unarmed Egyptian peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were shot and wounded on Monday.
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Uganda to deploy 160 police peacekeepers in Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Uganda will deploy a contingent of 160 police personnel to Somalia for peacekeeping operations, the Uganda Police Force said Thursday.
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UN Chief condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Mali
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 3 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Saturday's improvised explosive device attacks against a convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali near Tessalit, Kidal region, in which a peacekeeper from Egypt was killed and fou
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UN peacekeeper killed, 3 injured following mine explosion in northeastern
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], October 3 (ANI/Xinhua): A United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) peacekeeper was killed and three were seriously injured following the explosion of an improvised explosive device in the northeast of Mali, a UN official said.
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UNSC not holding discussions on sending UN peacekeeping mission to Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], August 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Security Council (UNSC) is not engaged in any discussions regarding the possibility of sending a UN peacekeeping mission to Afghanistan following the Taliban's (terrorist organization, banned in Russia) takeover, a UNSC source told Sputnik.
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UN adopts resolution to hold peacemakers' killers accountable
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously adopted a resolution calling on member states to hold the killers and perpetrators of violence against the world body's peacekeepers around the world accountable, the global body announced o
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Jaishankar lays wreath at UN Peacekeepers Memorial in New York
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in New York to chair high-level meetings in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), laid a wreath at the UN Peacekeepers Memorial at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
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Jaishankar proposes four-point framework for securing UN peacekeepers agai
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 18 (ANI): Proposing a four-point framework to lay architecture for securing UN peacekeepers against contemporary threats, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that 21st-century peacekeeping must be anchored in a strong ecosystem of technology and
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6 killed, 13 injured in terrorist attack in central Mali
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bamako [Mali], June 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Six people have been killed and 13 more injured as a result of a terrorist attack in the central part of Mali, media reported.
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135 Indian peacekeepers receive UN medals for outstanding service in South
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 14 (ANI): As many as 135 Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations (UN) mission in South Sudan have received UN medals for outstanding service in Jonglei State and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area.
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