Bangladesh Army started its journey in the UN peacekeeping mission in 1988 with 15 observers in UNIMOG (Iraq-Iran). Since then it is maintaining its dominance as a leading troop contributor country in UN peacekeeping. Bangladesh Armed Forces has so far participated in 54 peacekeeping missions in 40 countries. A total of 1,28,545members from Bangladesh Armed Forces have participated in the noble task of peacekeeping. A consolidated list is appended below:
|
Ser |
Country |
Name of Mission |
Army |
Navy |
Air Force |
Total |
|
1 |
Afganistan |
UNAMA |
3 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
Afganistan -Pakistan |
UNSMA/UNGOMAP |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
2 |
Angola |
UNAVEM |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 |
|
|
|
UNAVEM III |
470 |
9 |
0 |
479 |
|
3 |
Burundi |
BINUB |
1 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
|
4 |
Cambodia |
UNAMIC / UNTAC |
1002 |
0 |
0 |
1002 |
|
|
|
UNMLT |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
5 |
Congo |
MONUC, MONUSCO |
19439 |
359 |
3647 |
23445 |
|
6 |
Croatia/East Slovenia |
UNTAES |
17 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
|
7. |
East Timor |
UNAMET / UNTAET / UNMISET |
1311 |
3 |
71 |
1385 |
|
8 |
Ethiopia / Eritrea |
UNMEE |
1093 |
6 |
9 |
1108 |
|
9 |
Georga |
UNOMIG |
94 |
19 |
18 |
131 |
|
10 |
Haiti |
UNMIH / MNF |
2023 |
50 |
52 |
2125 |
|
11 |
Iraq |
UNGCI |
90 |
18 |
13 |
121 |
|
12 |
Iran/Iraq |
UNIIMOG |
31 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
|
13 |
Iraq |
UNMOVIC |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
14 |
Ivory Coast |
MINUCI/ONUCI/UNOCI |
28594 |
466 |
634 |
29694 |
|
15 |
Kosovo |
UNMIK |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
16 |
Kuwait |
UNIKOM |
7911 |
46 |
281 |
8238 |
|
17
|
Liberia |
UNOMIL |
129 |
22 |
0 |
151 |
|
Liberia |
UNMIL |
22932 |
170 |
52 |
23154 |
|
|
18 |
Mecedonia |
UNPREDEP |
4 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
|
19 |
Mozambique |
ONUMOZ |
2468 |
15 |
39 |
2522 |
|
20 |
Namibia |
UNTAG |
25 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
|
21 |
Rawanda |
UNAMIR |
990 |
7 |
15 |
1012 |
|
22 |
Sierra Leone |
UNAMSIL |
11908 |
22 |
14 |
11944 |
|
23 |
Somalia |
UNOSOM-I |
5 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
UNOSOM II |
1967 |
0 |
0 |
1967 |
|
|
AMISOM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
24 |
Sudan |
UNMIS |
8007 |
686 |
78 |
8771 |
|
25 |
South Sudan |
UNMISS |
1511 |
6 |
2 |
1519 |
|
26 |
Tajikistan |
UNMOT |
34 |
3 |
3 |
40 |
|
27 |
Uganda / Rwanda |
UNOMUR |
20 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
|
28 |
Western Sahara |
MINURSO |
200 |
26 |
11 |
237 |
|
29 |
Yugoslavia (Former) |
UNPROFOR / UNMOP |
1381 |
18 |
24 |
1423 |
|
30 |
Sierra Leone |
UNIOSIL |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
31 |
CAR & Chad |
MINURCAT |
9 |
1 |
47 |
57 |
|
32 |
Darfur |
UNAMID |
2243 |
43 |
56 |
2342 |
|
33 |
Lebanon |
UNIFIL |
4 |
1618 |
7 |
1629 |
|
34 |
West Africa |
UNOWA |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
35 |
(North Sudan) |
UNISFA |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
36 |
UNSOA (Nairobi) |
UNSOA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
37 |
Syria |
UNSMIS |
16 |
1 |
1 |
18 |
|
38 |
Mali |
MINUSMA |
2660 |
244 |
128 |
3032 |
|
39. |
CAR |
MINUSCA |
836 |
5 |
1 |
842 |
|
40. |
Somalia |
UNSOM |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
41. |
African Union |
UNOUA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
42. |
UNHQ |
UNDPKO |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
TOTAL |
119452 |
3875 |
5218 |
128545 |
Source: AFD (Foreign Affairs Section) Archive
