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Mission incomplete

Published On: February 25, 2017 08:23 AM NPT By: Dharma Baniya

The Nepalese Army (NA) has contributed to 42 UN peacekeeping missions, in which over 114,818 personnel have already participated. The first Nepali contingent, Purano Gorakh Battalion, was deployed in United Nations Emergency Force–II in Sinai, Egypt in 1974. The ground reality was so volatile that the UN had to deploy this mission within 24 hours of Security Council resolution.