08.12.2021.
Minister Stefanović participates in UN Peacekeeping Ministerial
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Nebojša Stefanović, PhD, spoke at the virtual UN Peacekeeping Ministerial, hosted by the Republic of Korea. Minister Stefanović said that the level of engagement of 300 personnel in six UN peacekeeping operations will be maintained in the period to come.
At the beginning of his address, he thanked the Republic of Korea for hosting this important conference in extremely difficult circumstances when the entire world is facing the Covid pademic and makes considerable efforts to curb all its new forms.- Regardless of all difficulties imposed by the current circumstances, including the fact that the fight against corona virus is still in its full swing, the Republic of Serbia remains strongly committed to ensuring the continuity of contribution to building and maintaining the peace in the world. The engagement in United Nations peacekeeping operations places the Republic of Serbia among significant contributors and it is ready to analyse the opportunities for further enhancement of its engagement and contribution, which implies the provision of full support to the implementation of the Secretary General’s Action for Peace Initiative (A4P).
According to him, the level of engagement of 300 personnel in six UN peacekeeping operations will be maintained in the period to come with the focus being placed on the operations in Lebanon – UNIFIL and the Central African Republic – MINUSCA.
- For the future needs of the maintenance of peace in Lebanon, Serbia will ensure the engagement of an infantry company in UNIFIL, in collaboration with the Kingdom of Spain, and a force protection platoon in collaboration with the Republic of Italy – the Minister said, adding that Serbian medical personnel will remain engaged in the Central African Republic.
The Republic of Serbia will maintain its engagement in Cyprus in UNFICYP with its Military Police in cooperation with the United Kingdom, and in other operations where it has already deployed its Military Observers, Staff Officers, Police and Correction Officers.
- Likewise, under the auspices of the Action for Peace Initiative, the Republic of Serbia is especially interested in the priority of improving the cooperation with host countries, having in mind that it itself is a host country to one of the United Nations operations and that it insists on the necessity of consistent observance of UN SC Resolution 1244, and the continuation of UNMIK engagement in undiminished scope and with unchanged mandate – Minister Stefanović emphasized.
At the end of his address, the Minister wished to participants of the Conference a safe and prosperous future of their states, a life of wellbeing, peace and stable international environment founded on equality, mutual respect and constant and consistent implementation of international law.
The two-day UN Peacekeeping Ministerial, hosted by the Ministry of the National Defence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, brings together defence and foreign ministers, members of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, and representatives of international organizations.
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