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Indonesia’s proud history of service to UN peacekeeping

Over the decades, Indonesia has made an invaluable contribution to UN peacekeeping, having served in some of the most difficult missions including the Darfur region of Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan.

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Liberia: 15 years of UN peacekeeping

Liberia: 15 years of UN peacekeeping

Former combatants turn in their weapons at Camp Schieffelin, outside Monrovia, during the disarmament campaign.

Liberian voters in Doe Township stand in knee-deep water waiting to cast their vote in the first democratic election since the end of the civil war.

Medical units in the UN mission provide critical health assistance in addition to security, particularly in rural area where existing facilities are inadequate.

Indian contingent of the UN mission, consisting mostly of women, swaps its black beret for the UN blue beret on arrival in Monrovia to begin its tour of duty.

Pakistani peacekeepers teach young Liberians to lay bricks as part of a job training programme offered by the contingent in Tubmanburg.

Newly appointed President of Liberia, George Weah (centre left), walks with former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (centre right) during the inauguration ceremony in Monrovia.

Service and Sacrifice: Tanzania’s unwavering commitment to UN peacekeeping

Service and Sacrifice: Tanzania’s unwavering commitment to UN peacekeeping

UN police officers Mwamini Rwantale (Tanzania) and Nyima Barrow (Gambia) interacting with women who receive English classes in the Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons in North Darfur.

A woman rides a donkey loaded with water jerry cans, while Tanzanian troops with the Joint UN-African Union mission in Sudan’s Darfur region (UNAMID) conduct a routine patrol in the camp for internally displaced persons in Khor Abeche. (30 June 2014)

UNAMID police officer Grace Ngassa (Tanzania) and Community Policing Volunteer Jazira Ahmad Mohammad interact with a woman in the Zam Zam camp for internally displaced persons in North Darfur.

UNAMID’s police component in West Darfur conducted a training session on baking Tanzanian cakes, known as mandazi, for 30 displaced women from the Abu Zar camp for internally displaced persons.

Tanzanian special forces establish communications with their counterpart forces during an operation in Kalima forest in Rutshuru, Democratic Republic of the Congo in December 2016.

A ceremony in Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, paying tribute to the 14 UN peacekeepers who were killed during an attack on the UN mission’s base in Semuliki.

Pakistan: One of the longest-serving and largest contributors to UN peacekeeping

Pakistan: One of the longest-serving and largest contributors to UN peacekeeping

A Pakistani medical officer serving with the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) examines an infant in a maternity ward in Tubmanburg in February 2009.

Brigadier-General Said-Uddin Khan (right), Commander-in-Chief of the UN Security Force (UNSF) George J. Janecek and several Pakistani Officers viewing the departure of about 100 Pakistani soldiers serving with the UN Security Force in West New Guinea (Wes

Pakistani peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in CAR (MINUSCA) are seen here arriving in the capital, Bangui, in September 2014.

Pakistani troops are seen here providing escort to NGO and media personnel in South Kivu in January 2015.

Farkhanda Iqbel, a Pakistani police officer serving with the Joint UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur region (UNAMID), attends the opening ceremony in March 2014 of the El Raman Women Shopping Centre.

A Pakistani peacekeeper teaching a young Liberian to sew as part of the programme offered in Tubmanburg in May 2010.

Seargent Saif (right), Signal Technician serving with the Pakistani battalion of UNMIL, along with Lt. Shafqat, conduct a five-day computer course for young Liberians in June 2013 at Camp Clara, the battalion’s headquarters outside of Monrovia.

A member of the Pakistani contingent of the UN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) is seen here providing medical consultations to civilians in Korhogo, in the country’s Poro Region, in May 2014.

Private Johar Nafees (centre), a member of the Pakistani contingent of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), leads a prayer during the farewell ceremony in Khartoum for Sergeant Nazir Ahmed, who died in the line of duty in October 2006.

Senegal: Partnering for peace with the UN in some of the most challenging places

Senegal: Partnering for peace with the UN in some of the most challenging places

In May 2016, then Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon led a ceremony to award the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage. Mr. Ban is seen here with Yacine Mar Diop, the widow of Captain Diagne, after he presented her with the inaugural medal.

Senegalese soldiers serving with the African Union-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) train at the team site in Um Baro, in North Darfur, in November 2011, where they performed a number of tasks, including protection of civilians.

UN peacekeepers perform a range of duties while on mission, including providing much-needed medical assistance. Doctor Lt. Famara Seck, pictured here, assists a local patient at the clinic of the Senegalese team site in Um Baro, in North Darfur.

Women gather at a women's centre in Kuma Garadayat, constructed by UNAMID peacekeepers from Senegal, in 2012. This centre is one of six development projects, known as Quick Impact Projects, carried out by the Mission in the areas of education, sanitation,

Fellow peacekeepers pay tribute to Brigadier-Chief Diene Racine of Senegal, who was killed in Bangui, Central African Republic in June 2016.

Senegalese police officers serving with the UN mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrol Mamadou Konaté Stadium during an event organized by the mission to promote peace in January 2016.

Senegal is the largest provider of police to UN peacekeeping, with over 1,200 currently serving in six operations. Seen here is a joint exercise between the Senegalese Formed Police Unit and a Malian Gendarmerie mobile unit at the Gendarmerie School in Ba

Senegalese peacekeepers during a night patrol in Gao, Mali, in May 2017. The patrols provide the soldiers with an opportunity to talk with people they meet on the streets, listen to their concerns and help them.

Captain Mohamed Mbaye of the Senegal Attack Helicopter Unit (SENAHU), which has been deployed in the Central African Republic since November 2015. The Unit carries out a number of tasks to enable the Mission to better protect civilians and peacekeepers as

Uruguay: Helping the UN to keep the peace around the globe for nearly 70 years

Uruguay: Helping the UN to keep the peace around the globe for nearly 70 years

Major Emilio Altieri of Uruguay is seen here on horseback while on patrol along the cease-fire line in Kashmir in January 1955.

A Uruguayan peacekeeper monitoring the situation in Bogoro, in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Uruguayan peacekeepers serving in the DRC patrol the town of Pinga to secure the area after the withdrawal of a militia group in December 2013.

Uruguay currently has over 900 peacekeepers in DRC, its largest contingent in UN peacekeeping. Members of the Uruguayan contingent, seen here, carry out a patrol on Lake Albert in October 2006 to prevent the illegal flow of arms between DRC and Uganda.

In addition to UNMOGIP and MONUSCO, Uruguayan peacekeepers currently also serve with the UN missions in Central African Republic and Haiti. Members of the Uruguayan contingent are seen here receiving medals of recognition during a ceremony in Les Cayes,

Uruguayan women and men who serve in UN peace operations help to provide security and promote reconciliation, clear land-mines and demobilize combatants, strengthen institutions and the rule of law, and support elections. Seen here is former Secretary-Gen

Service and Sacrifice: Honouring Nigeria’s contribution to UN peacekeeping

Service and Sacrifice: Honouring Nigeria’s contribution to UN peacekeeping

Two Nigerian female soldiers posted in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

Voters inspecting ballot papers on election day in Montserrado in October 2005.

UN peacekeepers from Nigeria on an evening patrol in the streets of the capital, Monrovia.

Corporal Memunatu Yahaya during an inspection at the UN base in Monrovia.

Lance Corporal Titilope Adepoju, a female peacekeeper from Nigeria posted in Monrovia, speaks with a relative on video-chat from her base.

Nigerian police officers conduct drills with Congolese recruits and local policemen in Bukavu in May 1963.

Female police officers from Nigeria engaging with local children as they patrol the slum of Martissant in Port au Prince as part of their duties with the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti in 2009.

Nigerian police patrol the northern Malian city of Timbuktu.

Nigerian UN police officers serving with MINUSMA take part in crowd control training along with Malian police officers at the Ecole Nationale de Police in Bamako.

British commander at UN Mission in South Sudan serves as role model for young women

British commander at UN Mission in South Sudan serves as role model for young women

Caption: Lt. Col. Katie Hislop, the first female contingent commander to serve with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), greets children in the Bentiu Protection of Civilians site.

Since 1948, thousands of troops from the United Kingdom have taken part in UN peacekeeping operations. More than 100 have paid the ultimate price while defending civilians and supporting operations approved by the UN Security Council. Pictured, UK enginee

Some 600 UK personnel are currently deployed in UN peacekeeping operations, the majority in South Sudan and Cyprus. Their largest presence is currently in South Sudan, where 400 troops, including 41 women, are deployed with the UN mission in the country i

Corporal Heather McQueen is a vehicle mechanic and maintains all UN engineering vehicles in Malakal, South Sudan. Pictured, Heather speaks with Angelo, a local colleague who assists in maintaining the vehicles. Heather teaches Angelo about how to repair v

The UK contribution to UN peacekeeping in South Sudan includes a UK C-130, which flies the Entebbe-Juba-Malakal route, moving humanitarian-enabling supplies, UN material and vehicles, including to the hard-to-reach base in Malakal.

Besides contributing troops to South Sudan and Cyprus, the United Kingdom is the sixth largest contributor of financial assistance to UN peacekeeping. Pictured, the Black Watch, 3rd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland wearing the distinctive blue

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

Fatima, 7, sits on a bed in her home in Afar region, Ethiopia. She was subjected to FGM/C when she was 1 year old.

At a community meeting in Kabele Village, Ethiopia, former FGM practitioner Boko Mohammed holds the tool she used to use while performing the procedure.

A young woman in an Ouagadougou clinic in Burkina Faso has undergone reconstructive surgery to repair the damage caused by female genital mutilation at age 6.

In Mali, Fanta talks about the health complications she continues to experience as a result of female genital mutilation. While renounced in Sébétou Village in 2009, an estimated 85 per cent of Malian girls and women aged 15 to 49 have been subjected to FGM.

Displaced women and men in Chad celebrate 'circumcision' days for girls by dancing together. During that time, several 11-years-olds were mutilated.

Pictured in Ethiopia is 6-year-old Asmah who underwent FGM because her mother, Bedria, believed she could not marry honourably without it, saying, "From our own experience we know that [cutting] causes problems. However it is the tradition."

Women chat together in the village of Halajay Gawra, northern Iraq, one of the villages UNICEF is working with to become “FGM-free.”

Jaha Dukureh, activist and FGM survivor speaks to journalists at a press conference on Engaging Health Workers to End Female Genital Mutilation.

Service and Sacrifice: Chadian peacekeepers on a UN mission for peace in Mali

Service and Sacrifice: Chadian peacekeepers on a UN mission for peace in Mali

Chadian peacekeepers with MINUSMA patrol near Kidal in northern Mali in December 2016.

A day with the Tchadian in Kidal

MINUSMA Chadian contingent patrol the streets of Kidal, Kidal the 17th of December 2016.

The Chadian troops protect convoys in the most dangerous regions controlled by terrorist groups. Pictured, officers checking for explosives. “We cannot go for 200 kilometers, 300 kilometers without being blown up by a mine,” said Colonel Abdelsalam Malick

Patrols last throughout the night, with troops on duty stopping only to eat, stretch their legs and pray.

Chadian UN peacekeepers patrol the area outside the Chadian Base where the military delegation from Bamako is meeting with Commander of Chadian UN peacekeepers Gen. Moussa in Tessalit, North of Mali.

MINUSMA Chadian contingents patrol the streets of Kidal, 17th of December 2016.

MINUSMA Chadian contingents patrol the streets of Kidal, Kidal the 17th of December 2016.

Bangladesh: Three decades of service and sacrifice in UN peacekeeping

Bangladesh: Three decades of service and sacrifice in UN peacekeeping

A Bangladeshi contingent on patrol in the Central African Republic, one of 10 peacekeeping missions where Bangladeshis are serving under the UN flag.

In Haiti, an all-female Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit serving with MINUSTAH at its departure ceremony. The 160-strong contingent focused on reconstruction efforts after the deadly earthquake in 2010.

Peacekeepers on patrol in Bunia, Ituri Province, DRC. At least 132 Bangladeshi peacekeepers have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of peace.

A patrol commander from the Bangladeshi battalion meets with the chief of ADA village, in the Ituri Province of eastern DRC, during a routine security patrol.

A UN peacekeeper from Bangladesh provides free medical consultations to residents of a community in the Central African Republic.

In 2017, Bangladesh sent two female combat pilots to the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) – Flight Lieutenant Nayma Haque and Flight Lieutenant Tamanna-E-Lutfi.

Bangladeshi engineers serving with the UN mission in South Sudan are leading efforts to improve a 78-kilometre stretch of road between Gumbo and Mangalla, on the artery between Juba and Bor.

Rakhine crisis: UN responds to mass exodus from Myanmar

Rakhine crisis: UN responds to mass exodus from Myanmar

Violence in Myanmar caused a mass exodus of civilians. Pictured, people crossing from Myanmar into Cox’s Bazar, a thin stretch of beach in south-eastern Bangladesh.

Women in Basara camp for internally displaced persons outside of Sittwe, in Rakhine state, in December 2013.

A boy outside his family hut in Basara camp for displaced persons on the outskirts of Sittwe in December 2013.

Displaced persons near Sittwe in December 2013

Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees

Refugees setting up temporary shelters among rice fields, after crossing the border.