Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. In May 2025, the United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial took ...

As we approach the 80th anniversary of the United Nations and mark a decade since the Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping, the upcoming 2025 Berlin UN Peacekeeping Ministerial offers a platform for Member ...

For decades, the United Nations has intervened in Haiti in a bid to address persistent political, economic and security crises. To date, all attempts have failed. Now, the international body is trying ...

Every year on 29 May, the United Nations marks the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Uniformed and civilian peacekeepers serve a vital role in maintaining and promoting peace in some of the ...

Rebeca Grynspan, former vice president of Costa Rica, speaks during a news conference where the government announced her nomination for United Nations secretary-general, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Oct.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Tuesday called for more support for United Nations Blue Helmets, international peacekeeping forces monitoring peace processes in conflict areas around the ...

BERLIN (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told countries that the world body’s peacekeeping operation is “only as strong as member states’ commitment to it” as he pleaded with them Tuesday ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo met with leaders of the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Friday in Goma, in her first visit to the eastern city of Goma since its ...

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This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Bulbul Ahmed is a PhD Candidate at the University of Iowa ...