CURRENT AFFAIRS

2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in March 2017 proposed to shut down the UN peacekeeping mission in which country and replace it with a much smaller UN presence.
A
Iraq
B
Saudi Arabia
C
Japan
D
Haiti
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has recommended that the mission in Haiti be drawn down and replaced with a smaller UN presence by October of this year.

Detailed explanation-2: -UN Peacekeeping is made up of over 90, 000 total field personnel, with 125 countries contributing troops, police, and civilian personnel including several dozen peacekeepers from the U.S.

Detailed explanation-3: -On average UN Peacekeeping mission lasts 31 months. Six missions have continued for longer than 26 missions, including: United Nation’s Truce Supervision Organisation in the Middle East (1948) UN’s Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (1949)

Detailed explanation-4: -As of 2022, there are 12 ongoing UN peacekeeping missions around the world. This includes several longtime operations such as the truce-observing mission in the Middle East, which was formed in 1948 as UN’s first ever peacekeeping operation.

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