China’s blue helmets a key force in UN peacekeeping: Defense Spokesperson

BEIJING, Could 26 — “Chinese language blue helmets have change into a key power in UN peacekeeping operations,” mentioned Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Nationwide Protection on the ministry’s month-to-month information convention on Thursday.

Could twenty ninth of 2022 marks the twentieth Worldwide Day of UN Peacekeepers. Senior Colonel Wu elaborated on the historical past of Chinese language navy’s participation within the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs).

Over the previous 30 odd years since April 1990, when Chinese language armed forces dispatched 5 navy observers to the United Nations Truce Supervision Group (UNTSO), Chinese language armed forces have contributed almost 50,000 service members to 25 UN peacekeeping missions throughout an increasing vary of deployments, Chinese language navy peacekeepers have left their footprints in over 20 international locations and areas, mentioned the spokesperson.

In the intervening time, a complete of two,240 Chinese language navy peacekeepers are serving on seven UN peacekeeping missions and at UNHQ, Wu added.

“China takes concrete actions to safeguard world peace and has change into the biggest troop-contributing nation (TCC) among the many everlasting members of the UN Safety Council,” mentioned the spokesperson.

Following that, Wu disclosed that within the second half of this yr, the Chinese language navy plans to host the “Shared Imaginative and prescient” worldwide peacekeeping discussion board, the place representatives, peacekeeping specialists and students from the UN and related international locations can be invited to supply recommendation and recommendations.

In line with Wu, the “Shared Imaginative and prescient” discussion board, together with the “Shared Future” UN peacekeeping subject coaching train and the “Shared Mission” Command Put up Train for UN Peacekeeping Operations, represent the “Shared” collection – a world model of peacekeeping operations commonly held by the Chinese language navy.

In the long run, the spokesperson paid excessive tribute to all personnel who’ve participated in UN peacekeeping operations, each Chinese language peacekeepers and their counterparts and despatched out his greatest needs to all peacekeepers serving with the UN peacekeeping missions by saying that “Please keep secure if you perform the missions. Your motherland and households are ready in your return.”