Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Jun 29, 2025, 02:43pm EDT Members of the United Nations ...

As of December 2018, the United Nations (UN) had 14 ongoing peacekeeping operations with approximately 103,000 personnel. The United States is the single largest financial contributor to these ...

As we approach the 80th anniversary of the United Nations and mark a decade since the Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping, the upcoming 2025 Berlin UN Peacekeeping Ministerial offers a platform for Member ...

India is a very important supporter of peacekeeping, including its support for various efforts such as its lead on efforts to ensure accountability for crimes against peacekeepers, the UN's top ...

Every year on 29 May, the United Nations marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Uniformed and civilian peacekeepers serve a vital role in maintaining and promoting peace in some of the ...

The German government and UN Secretary General António Guterres have called for sweeping reforms to United Nations peacekeeping operations, urging the international community to modernize and ...

BERLIN (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told countries that the world body’s peacekeeping operation is “only as strong as member states’ commitment to it” as he pleaded with them Tuesday ...

Rebeca Grynspan, former vice president of Costa Rica, speaks during a news conference where the government announced her nomination for United Nations secretary-general, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Oct.

The UN under-secretary general for peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told AFP Wednesday that as of right now he had not received any requests to withdraw peacekeeping troops because of ...

November 8, 2025: UN peacekeeping missions have become a thing of that past. There are fewer of them and in a growing number of cases peacekeepers have been replaced by the International Crisis Group.