UNIC-75th Anniversary of UN Peacekeeping

The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN in Egypt celebrated the 75th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping with a high-level event taking place at the Ministry’s premises in Cairo. The event reflected high recognition of peacekeepers ’extraordinary contributions to international peace and security.

The 6th largest contributor of uniformed personnel to UN Peacekeeping, Egypt currently deploys more than 2,800 military and police personnel to the UN peace operations in Abyei, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, South Sudan and the Western Sahara.

P+ studios contributions were highlighted during the event through video documentaries by the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior and Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding.

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