Category Archives: peacekeeping force

Canada hasn’t abandoned 200-soldier promise to UN peacekeeping: Minister

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand says while the Liberal government’s promise to provide a 200-soldier force to United Nations peacekeeping “is not off the table,” it is being considered alongside Canada’s many other international priorities. Prime...

Hopes for promised return to peacekeeping dashed as Canada pledges money, not troops

OTTAWA — Canada emerged from a high-profile peacekeeping summit in South Korea this week having pledged tens of millions of dollars in new funds to help the United Nations execute its missions around the world. Yet notably absent was any commitment

South Korean envoy expects ‘ambitious’ peacekeeping pledges from Canada

OTTAWA — South Korea's ambassador to Canada is expecting the federal government to make some "ambitious" promises when his country hosts a major peacekeeping summit next week. Ambassador Keung Ryong Chang says that expectation is based on Canada's hist...

U.S. presses Canada to make good on promised 200-soldier peacekeeping force

OTTAWA — The United States is pressing Canada to commit medical units and drones to United Nations missions at a peacekeeping summit in South Korea next week, and to come up with a 200-strong force first promised four years ago. The

Canada calls for Ugandan opposition to be set free, no plans to cancel UN mission

OTTAWA — The Canadian government is “deeply concerned” about the political situation in Uganda but says it has no plans to stop deploying a military aircraft to the African nation, where it has been helping different United Nations peacekeeping mission...

Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?

OTTAWA — When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the previous four-plus decades.  But after the scandal of ...

Canada faces fresh calls to help fight terrorism, facilitate peace talks in Mali

OTTAWA — Canada is being urged to step up its presence in Mali, including through the provision of military assistance to help fight Islamic militants in the region and a diplomatic push to lead peace and reconciliation talks.  The calls for