The Department will ensure continued emphasis on the personal conduct of all peacekeeping personnel.

The Security Council typically has the responsibility for providing the peacekeepers who build the security.

It is imperative that peacekeepers uphold the trust that the local population and the international community have placed in them.

They are also combatants, leaders, negotiators, peacemakers, peacekeepers and activists.

In addition, humanitarian workers and peacekeepers have been increasingly targeted.

In addition, humanitarian workers and peacekeepers have been increasingly targeted.

It issues travel documents for United Nations, specialized agency and peacekeeping personnel.

I once served as a United Nations peacekeeper.

I have worked in the field with my compatriots military and police peacekeepers alike and know what good they do.

In addition, the Department will continue to pay careful attention to gender and geographic balance in the staffing of peacekeeping operations and give particular attention to efforts to enhance the safety and security of peacekeepers in the field.

Progress is also being made in Mongbwalu, where some 120 peacekeepers have been deployed and have started inspecting incoming aircraft.

The personnel were employed in the vehicle maintenance, generator maintenance and receiving and inspection units.

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Russia is also conducting training for African peacekeepers.

F. Strengthening standards for peacekeeping personnel

Member States may want to provide peacekeepers with information directly, bypassing the peacekeeping operation leadership and often do so.

1. Decides to designate 29 May as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, to be observed annually to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage, and to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace

On 22 February, UPC attacked MONUC peacekeepers at Nizi, wounding two peacekeepers from Pakistan.

It was the first combat death of a Filipino peacekeeper in a United Nations peace operation.

United Nations peacekeepers have also been involved in sexual exploitation.

The safety and security of United Nations peacekeepers and associated personnel was a vital concern.

Of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, China is a country that has dispatched the largest number of peacekeepers to Africa. Now, over 2,400 Chinese peacekeepers are implementing peace keeping missions in 7 African task areas including South Sudan and Mali.

Requests the Secretary General to strengthen coordination between the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the Secretariat and the United Nations Volunteers programme for the use of volunteers in peacekeeping operations and to evaluate the contribution of United Nations Volunteers as a component of peacekeeping operations

To that end, all peacekeepers should undergo the gender training offered by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

The Department of Peacekeeping Operations should ensure that the Mission maintained appropriate levels of experienced staff.

With approximately 70,000 peacekeepers deployed worldwide, the United Nations needs tremendous resources to build and maintain peace.

And thirdly, what is the exit strategy for the peacekeepers?

During the confrontation, a Bangladeshi peacekeeper was seriously injured.

More than 100 Indian peacekeepers had died in the service of the United Nations.

Currently, 70 per cent of DPKO staff are on fixed term appointments.

The young Soviet Republic mobilized its forces to repel the foe.

90. The Special Committee acknowledges that the training of personnel for peacekeeping operations is primarily the responsibility of Member States.

It not only provided troops for United Nations missions but also trained and equipped other peacekeepers, such as those of the African Union, and provided a rapid deployment capacity.

The killing of nine peacekeepers in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2004 and eight peacekeepers in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in February 2005 are examples of such failures.

It was appalling and deeply saddening that United Nations peacekeepers and staff continued to commit such deplorable acts.

92. The Special Committee, noting the increasingly close and direct contact between United Nations peacekeeping personnel and local populations during peacekeeping operations, stresses the importance of participants in peacekeeping operations being given specific training, including gender sensitive training, in managing those contacts.

Bangladesh has contributed some 39,000 peacekeepers so far, to 24 United Nations peacekeeping operations.

Appreciates the efforts of all peacekeeping personnel in dealing with the current unprecedented surge in peacekeeping operations

Finally, the Group strongly condemned any form of sexual exploitation or abuse by United Nations personnel and peacekeepers.

The Special Committee emphasizes the importance of General Assembly resolution 57 129 of 11 December 2002, in which 29 May was designated as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers as a tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the United Nations peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage, and to honour the memory of those who have lost their lives in the cause of peace.

The initiative will address the issue of rape committed by combatants as well as by community leaders, service providers and peacekeepers.

229 (30 per cent) filled language services posts at Headquarters, and 104 (14 per cent) served in peacekeeping missions or with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at Headquarters

It is, however, vital that they not become part of the problem.

However, it represented a heavy burden in terms of the workload for personnel in the Department.

The Under Secretary General cautioned against equating the Department s needs with the number of serving peacekeepers.