UN extends Haiti peacekeeping mission for a year saying security remains fragileOctober 13th, 2009 UN extends Haiti peacekeeping missionUNITED NATIONS — The Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti for a year, saying the situation in the impoverished Caribbean nation still constitutes a threat to international peace and security despite recent progress.
UN extends mission's mandate in Haiti another yearOctober 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council Tuesday gave its peacekeeping mission in Haiti a one-year mandate extension so it can complete the work of training the Haitian national police in addition to assisting the government in stabilising the security. The mission is composed of more than 7,000 military and civilian personnel and an international police force of over 2,000 involved in training the Haitian police.
UN plane crashes in Haiti with 6-10 military personnel on boardOctober 9th, 2009 UN plane crashes in Haiti with 6-10 onboardUNITED NATIONS — A surveillance plane assigned to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti crashed Friday near the border with the Dominican Republic with 6 to 10 military personnel on board, the United Nations said.
UN peacekeeping plane crashes in HaitiOctober 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - A UN surveillance plane carrying six to 10 UN peacekeepers went down in Haiti Friday, but the cause of the crash was not immediately known, the UN said. The military plane belonging to the Uruguayan contingent of the UN mission in Haiti was monitoring the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the UN said.
UN plane crashes into mountain in Haiti killing all 11 military personnel on boardOctober 9th, 2009 UN plane crash in Haiti kills all 11 on boardFONDS-PARISIEN, Haiti — A surveillance plane assigned to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti crashed into a mountain Friday, killing all 11 military personnel on board, the United Nations said.
Indian women peacekeepers have set an example: Hillary ClintonSeptember 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In preventing violence against women and girls in Liberia, Indian women peacekeepers have set an example that must be emulated in UN peacekeeping missions across the world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. "I recently met with an all women police unit from India in Liberia who provide an excellent example of the steps a UN mission can take in cooperation with the host government to prevent violence against women and girls," Clinton told the Security Council Wednesday.
Excerpts from the EU-commissioned report on 2008 war between Georgia, RussiaSeptember 30th, 2009 Excerpts from EU report on the Georgia-Russia warFollowing are key excerpts from the independent EU-commissioned report on the causes of the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia:
"Russia called its military actions in Georgia a 'peace enforcement operation' while Georgia called it an 'aggression'."
"On the night of 7 to 8 August 2008 ... heavy fighting erupted in and around the town of Tskhinvali in South Ossetia (and) soon extended to other parts of Georgia.
African Union calls for military aid to SomaliaSeptember 19th, 2009 NAIROBI/ADDIS ABBA - Somalia's Western-backed government needs military assistance in the wake of a suicide bombing at an African Union (AU) mission in Mogadishu, an AU official said Saturday. "They need arms and arms which are superior.
Denmark to send 140 troops to UN peacekeeping mission in LebanonSeptember 4th, 2009 Denmark to send 140 peacekeepers to LebanonCOPENHAGEN — Denmark says it plans to send about 140 troops to the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.
Joint UN-AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur says 2 of its foreign civilian workers kidnappedAugust 29th, 2009 Darfur peacekeepers say 2 civilians kidnappedKHARTOUM, Sudan — An armed group kidnapped two foreign civilians working for the U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur on Saturday, a spokesman for the peacekeepers said. The peacekeeping mission has made contact with the kidnappers, who took the two civilians at about 4:30 a.m.
US Marines to arrive in Georgia to help train its troops for mission in AfghanistanAugust 14th, 2009 US Marines to help train Georgian troopsTBILISI, Georgia — A group of U.S. Marines will arrive in Georgia to help train its troops for a mission alongside coalition forces in Afghanistan, the U.S.
UN panel extends mandate for Sudan peacekeepersJuly 31st, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council Thursday extended the mandate of UN peacekeeping troops in Sudan's troubled Darfur province for another year. That means that UNAMID, the joint UN and African Union peacekeeping operation in Darfur, will stay at least until July 2010.
Rwandan Army general to head Darfur peace missionJuly 24th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The UN and the African Union have named a Rwandan lieutenant-general to head the joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur in western Sudan, officials said Friday. Lt. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba, 42, will serve as the military head of the mission from Sep 1, UN officials said.
US ready to beef up UN peacekeeping operations with military observers, officers and policeJune 30th, 2009 US ready to beef up UN peacekeeping operationsUNITED NATIONS — The United States is prepared to provide more military observers, police and civilian staff to beef up the U.N.'s far-flung peacekeeping operations, the U.S. ambassador said Monday.
Western observers begin pulling out of Georgia; fears of new war growJune 30th, 2009 Western observers pulling out of AbkhaziaTBILISI, Georgia — Western observers pulled out of Georgia on Tuesday after Russia blocked an extension of the mission to observe the cease-fire that ended last year's war. The pullout of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe mission came as tensions between Georgia and Russia remain high.
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