UN peacekeepers

Major General (retired) Fazle Elahi Akbar. Sketch: TBS
Supplement

A promise kept in a land divided by war

A few days before I would come back to Bangladesh from the mission in Sudan, two of my officers from an observer team were abducted by the Eastern Kasala rebels. I called their leader and said, ...

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles drive in the Lebanese village of Wazzani near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, July 6, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo
USA

Trump administration proposes scrapping UN peacekeeping funding

Rescuers work at a site damaged by an Israeli air strike in the Christian-majority region of Aitou in north Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said, October 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim
Middle East

Israel strikes north Lebanon town, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers

Thick smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs from a generator that caught fire, according to residents, as seen from Baabda, Beirut, Lebanon, October 12, 2024. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
Middle East

UN says Israeli tanks burst through gates of peacekeeper base

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking Memorial Day for fallen soldiers of Israel's wars and victims of attacks, at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery, May 13, 2024. Photo: GIL COHEN-MAGEN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Netanyahu tells UN chief to move peacekeepers in Lebanon out of 'harm's way immediately'

A Lebanese Red Cross ambulance moves past armored vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during their patrol around Marjayoun in south Lebanon on October 8, 2024. Photo: AFP
Middle East

UN reports fifth peacekeeper wounded in Lebanon

People look at the damage at the site of an Israeli air strike in Beirut, Lebanon, October 11. Photo: REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki
Middle East

Israeli strike wounds two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

A view shows a damaged site in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in Lebanon October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
World+Biz

France summons Israeli envoy over attack on Lebanon UN peacekeepers

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) vehicles are seen parked in Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon August 9, 2024. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher/File Photo
Middle East

UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say 'we are staying' despite Israeli attacks

An Israeli Army tank is transported, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Middle East

Israeli forces fire at UN peacekeeper positions in south Lebanon, peacekeepers say

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka on 3 June. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs/UNB
Bangladesh

DW documentary 'done intentionally to undermine our peacekeepers’ contributions': FM Hasan

Photo: Sky News
World+Biz

Peacekeepers play essential role in promoting peace, security globally: US State Department

The dedicated service of Bangladeshi peacekeepers has earned them the epithet of the cream of UN peacekeepers. Photo: UN
Thoughts

Bangladesh’s role in UN peacekeeping: Challenges, achievements and future strategies