UN Under Secretary General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix has thanked Bangladesh for being the largest troop contributor to peacekeeping. "Lacroix met with the key people (in Bangladesh) he needed to meet, who deal with peacekeeping concerns," Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, said in a regular media briefing in New York on June 26.
The UN’s EIF launched a fresh call for funding proposals aimed at improving opportunities for uniformed women to serve in peacekeeping operations, and better serve vulnerable communities worldwide