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India on Tuesday recalled the sacrifice of Indian peacekeeper Sepoy Johnson Beck at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and highlighted its troop contribution for peacekeeping missions.

UN Security Council Unanimously Adopts 4 Resolutions on DRC, Mali, Golan Heights Wed 30th June 2021 | 03:10 AM UNITED NATIONS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 30th June, 2021) The UN Security Council unanimously adopted four resolutions, including a document renewing the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime for one year. The document, adopted on Tuesday and prepared by France, "decides to renew until July 1, 2022, the measures set out paragraphs 1 to 6 of resolution 2293 (2016) ...

UNSC Watch: As Russia, US Clash Over Syria Cross-Border Aid, India Aligns With Moscow At the meeting, the US’s permanent representative to the UN called for reauthorisation of Bab al-Hawa and reinstatement of Bab al-Salam and Yaroubiya borders crossings for a year. An aerial view shows tents at a camp for internally displaced people in northern Idlib, Syria, June 10, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Khalil Ashawi World9 hours ago New Delhi: The UN Security Council witnessed a dress rehearsal of the i...

Galway Bay FM 25 May 2021 print Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Galway city native soldier has become the first woman in the history of the State to reach the rank of Major General – the second highest rank in the Defence Forces. The United Nations has announced the appointment of Maureen O’Brien to the post of Deputy Military Advisor at the UN headquarters in New York. Minister for Defence Simon Coveney says Maureen has extensive command and peacekeeping experience, having served most recentl...

Graphic Online BY: Brig. Gen. Dan Frimpong (Rtd) Category: Opinion 30.5k Shares 705 ”GEN. Erskine is no more” was the terse message announcing the death of Lt Gen. Emmanuel Alexander Erskine at the 37 Military Hospital on May 7, 2021 at age 86. In his column in the Daily Graphic of April 9, 2021, Communications Consultant and veteran writer Enimil Ashon, celebrating Dr Joyce Aryee on her 75th birthday stated as follows: “It is impossible to write about Dr Joyce Aryee in the Daily Graphic...

Its a Christmas very far from home for members of the 27th Battalion who are serving on UN missions around the world. From Syria to Lebanon, and the West African country of Mali, Dundalk soldiers left behind the comforts of home earlier this year to serve overseas. The largest contingent are serving in the Golan heights, where they are nearly half way through their six month tour of duty. Others, such as Lt. Bronagh Keenan will spend the festive season in Africa, and another group will celebrat...

Minister for Defence has acknowledged this would require boosting numbers by at least 1,000 personnel 20th December, 2020 Simon Coveney added that it would be difficult to respond to such requests unless the Defence Forces increased its number of personnel The government would like to see the Defence Forces take part in more peacekeeping missions in Africa over the coming years, Simon Coveney has said. Ireland has a long record of peacekeeping missions and currently has approxim...

Very expensive observer force. and so youve got to have a security council and an active u.s. that is able to say here is the mandate, this is what were going the a achieve. and if were not achieving that mandate, then we need to end the operation and say theres no peace to keep. jenna: rick, thank you so much for your thoughts on this. it really struck us as an interesting story. its going to happen in the next several weeks, so were going to revisit it and see what actually is becoming of this...

business. >> the american people are probably more polarized than any time since ive been here. as a result we see that polarization reflected here in the halls of congress. >> this is a moment of disappointment that i cannot conceal. >> reporter: legislation, national security experts call critical from protecting america. stuck in the senate because of partisan differences but thats just one stalled bill on a countless list of others from food stamp to drought relief. legislation lef...