KATHMANDU, March 31: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Ishwar Pokhrel, held a meeting with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, on Friday morning. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the issues related to the UN peacekeeping, including its critical role in the prevention and resolution of conflicts in the areas of its deployment.

Your daily dose of missed important news of the day.

Who's manning the peacekeeping missions?

KATHMANDU, Oct 31: Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi delivered Nepal's statement on Peacekeeping at the Fourth Committee of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, on 'Comprehensive Review of the Whole Question of Peacekeeping Operations in all its Aspects' in New York.

KATHMANDU, July 9: Chief of Army Staffs (CoAS) Rajendra Chhetri visited the head office of UNO in New York last Friday to take part in Chief of Defense Conference. He insisted on giving opportunities to Nepal to take extensive roles in future assignments on account of contribution, bravery and duty in past for UNO.

KATHMANDU, April 1: Chief of Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nation (UN), Lieutenant General Carlos Humbreto Loitey has inspected the ongoing joint military exercises in Nepal.

UNITED NATIONS, March 25: The U.N. peacekeeping chief said Friday he expects operations in Haiti, Ivory Coast and Liberia to end by March 2018 which will save hundreds of millions of dollars.

KATHMANDU, Oct 2: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday said that Nepal Army (NA) has made a laudable contribution for the efforts of establishing peace globally.

KATHMANDU, Sept 14: Chief of Administration Department at Nepal Police Headquarters, Additional Inspector General (AIG) Ramesh Sekhar Bajracharya bid farewell to a Nepal Police team leaving for Haiti on a UN peacekeeping mission.

KATHMANDU, Sept 1: The Nepal Army has drawn the attention  of the United Nations to its under-representation in senior command positions in UN peacekeeping missions despite its continuous contribution to peacekeeping over 60 yrs and its record of high credibility and sound performance.