Swiss scale up training for international peacekeepers
Actress and UN special envoy Angelina Jolie (left) with the director of the International Peace Support Training Centre in Kenya (archive picture)
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The government has decided to boost Switzerland’s commitment to international peacekeeping missions.
International training standards to help peacekeepers accomplish their United Nations mandate are crucial for Switzerland, the government said on Wednesday.
In a separate decision, the government has given the green light to increase the number of army officers stationed at the UN headquarters in New York from five to a maximum of nine experts.
Switzerland has dispatched unarmed military staff to the UN since 2014 to help develop the management of international peacekeeping missions.
The government said the demand for military expertise from UN members had increased over past few years and peace missions had become more complex, the government said.
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