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Rank Country Peacekeepers Total Male Female Per million population [a]; 1 Nepal 6110 5458 652 209.50 2 India 6069 5945 124 4.33 3 Rwanda 5910 5324 586 446.16 4 Bangladesh
UN Police car in Dili, East Timor. Since the 1960s, the United Nations Member States have contributed police officers to United Nations Peacekeeping operations. [5] The policing tasks of these operations were originally limited to monitoring, observing and reporting, but by the early 1990s, advising, mentoring and training of these personnel were adopted into the activities of the peace ...
Nepal’s three main security agencies – Nepal Army, Armed Police Force Nepal and Nepal Police contribute to UN peacekeeping. Civilian administrators and technical staff from Nepal also participate in UN peace operations both on an individual basis and when seconded from the government. [1]
Furthermore, peacekeeping came to involve more and more non-military elements that ensured the proper functioning of civic functions, such as elections. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations was created in 1992 to assist this increased demand for such missions. By and large, the new operations were successful.
Egypt's contributions have increased incrementally over time, making it one of the major peacekeeping contributors of military and police personnel. Since 1960, Egypt has contributed more than 30,000 of uniformed peacekeepers who served in 38 UN operations deployed in 24 countries across Africa, Asia , Latin America and Europe .
A Formed Police Unit (FPU) is a law enforcement unit used by some international organizations, such as the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), and African Union (AU), in support of peacekeeping operations. Each FPU is composed of personnel contributed by a member state and deployed under the organization's authority.
The Bangladesh Armed Forces and the Bangladesh Police have been actively involved in a number of United Nations Peace Support Operations (UNPSO) since 1988. As of 2024, Bangladesh is the largest contributor in the UN peacekeeping missions. [1] Bangladesh has several responsibilities in the UN peacekeeping mission.
The following are the Indian contributions to the United Nations Peacekeeping Missions since 1950. (a) Korea (1950–54): 60th Indian Field Ambulance, a Parachute-trained Medical Unit composed of 17 officers, 9 JCOs and 300 other ranks was deployed in the Korean War from November 1950 till July 1954, the longest tenure by any unit under the UN flag.