Military History of Pakistan - UN Peacekeeping Missions

UN Peacekeeping Missions

Main article: United Nations peacekeeping missions involving Pakistan
Date Location Mission
August 1960 - May 1964 Congo Pakistani troops working under the auspices of the UN were first deployed in Congo and formed part of the UN Operation in Congo (UNOC). Their mission was to ensure a stable withdrawal of Belgian Colonial forces and a smooth transition of Congo to self-government.
October 1962 - April 1963 West New Guinea More than six hundred Pakistani troops formed part of the UN contingent forces that were deployed to ensure a smooth withdrawal of Dutch colonial forces from West New Guinea before the government of Indonesia could take over the island.
March 1991 Kuwait After the Gulf War, the Pakistani Army Corps of Engineers performed recovery missions on the Kuwaiti Island of Bubiyan located north of Kuwait City.
March 1992 - March 1996 Bosnia Pakistan contributed two battalions of troops to form part of the United Nations Protection Force. These troops provided security and protection to various UN agencies, organization and personnel operating there and also provided humanitarian assistance such as medical care to the local population.
April 1992 - March 1995 Somalia Pakistan contributed over 7,200 troops for the humanitarian mission in Somalia. They were heavily engaged in peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance to a region racked with senseless factional violence. Unfortunately thirty-nine Pakistani peacekeepers became casualties of this factional violence when Somali militias ambushed them. Pakistani peacekeepers also played a major part in the rescue of US forces when they tried to capture wanted warlords during the Battle of Mogadishu.
May 1996 - August 1997 Eastern Slovenia Pakistan had over 1,000 troops as part of UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slovenia. It provided security that ensured that there was no further fighting between Serbs and Croats.
2003 Haiti Pakistani troops participated in peace keeping process.
January 2001 - January 2004 East Timor Pakistan had over 2000 troops consisting of engineer elements present for construction process taking place in East Timor after civil war.
June 2003 - December 2004 Sierra Leone 1500 Pakistani troops participated in peace keeping process.
January 2005 - December 2006 Burundi 2000 Pakistani troops participated in peace keeping missions.
May 2006 - to date Liberia 1600 Pakistani troops in peace keeping missions.

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