As the US boasts about cutting its funding to the United Nations peacekeeping force, euronews asks who the Blue Helmets are, and what they do.

Some 200 Uruguayan peacekeeping troops intended for the United Nations (UN) mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ...

Uruguay is carrying out on Friday a troop relief operation for its United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Approximately 200 Uruguayan soldiers from the Uruguay ...

Secretary-General Highlights Dangers, Value of United Nations Peacekeeping as He Honours Fallen ‘Blue Helmets’ at Headquarters Wreath-laying Ceremony The World Food Programme (WFP) today ...

Today, 29 May 2023, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Blue Helmets and the United Nations Organization’s peacekeeping operations. More than 87,000 personnel, including 76,000 in ...

The United Nations has rebuked Kazakhstan after the Central Asian country’s troops were spotted wearing blue helmets reserved for U.N. peacekeepers during a violent crackdown on protesters last ...

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, created by the UN General Assembly to honor those who serve in conflict zones, will be marked on May 29 - Click the link for more details.

The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) took over from a previous U.N. peacekeeping mission in the African country on July 1, 2010.

As the United Nations wound down its 13 1/2-year peacekeeping operation in Haiti last month, ... had reduced its presence as the last of its blue-helmet soldiers prepared to depart. ...