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The program also featured training activities and a display of vehicles designated for the mission.
He underscored the importance of regular monitoring and evaluation of the Center’s programs and activities, commending the qualitative progress achieved in recent years.
Foreign Minster Badr Abdel Aty called for the activation of the Peace Fund to finance peace operations while at the African Peace and Security Council session on Wednesday.
The city, whose population size is around two million, experienced looting, jailbreak, and bodies on the streets.
The agreement is aimed at upgrading the training and qualification on peacekeeping missions carried out through the United Nations and the African Union.
Abdelatty expressed his pride in the noble role played by the battalion in enhancing peace, security, and stability in the DR Congo, as well as in building trust among local communities and supporting development efforts
The UN also hailed Egypt’s great sacrifices, as 60 brave blue helmets from Egypt sacrificed their lives for the sake of peace.
She expressed her appreciation for the Centre's activity and diversity and her keenness to enhance UN cooperation with it, the statement added.
Egypt is proud of being the sixth largest contributor of uniformed personnel of both genders to UN peacekeeping missions, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said.
That is the first meeting since the latter's appointment in September.
“Thank you Egypt for setting a new benchmark for women in peacekeeping operations by dedicating a full team of policewomen to deal with the threats of improvised explosive attacks in Mali, [MINUSMA],” she tweeted on Thursday.
The attack was the fifth incident to occur in the Kidal region in just one week, said the UN.
Egypt was elected to hold the position for the year 2021 for the first time in its history.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held Thursday a ceremony in Cairo on the occasion of the International Day of the United Nations Peacekeepers.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has extended condolences on the death of eight peacekeeping personnel in a helicopter crash in Sinai
The meeting was held in Baku on the sidelines of the 18th Summit of the heads of state and government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced Thursday Egypt's accession to the Kigali agreement’s principles for the protection of civilians in peacekeeping operations.
United Nations thanked Egypt on Wednesday evening for its cooperation with the UN by participating in peacekeeping missions.
The UN Security Council is expected to adopt on Wednesday a draft resolution that will add 900 troops to the UN mission in the Central African Republic.
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi gave a speech at the U.N. Security Council’s Peacekeeping session.
