UN Peacekeepers

The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, thanked Bhutan for its strong support to United Nations Peacekeeping and for the service and sacrifice of its military and police personnel deployed around the world under the UN flag. 

Today, Bhutan provides 211 uniformed personnel, including six women, to eight UN peacekeeping operations making it the 53rd largest contributor. Bhutan’s largest contribution is to MINUSCA where 187 of its peacekeepers currently serve. Bhutan also deploys personnel to the UN peacekeeping missions in Abyei, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, the Middle East, South Sudan and Western Sahara.  

Bhutan also endorsed the Secretary-General’s ‘Action for Peacekeeping (A4P)’ initiative, which aims to strengthen peacekeeping through more targeted mandates, stronger and safer operations, better equipped and trained forces, and by mobilizing support for political solutions. 

Bhutanese peacekeepers are committed to UN Peacekeeping, as well as for their resolve to minimize the environmental footprint of missions, thus helping advance the UN Climate Neutral Strategy and Greening the Blue Initiative. 

Kadrinche la to all Bhutanese Peacekeepers!