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 1,44,645 members 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 Afganistan-Pakistan |
UNAMA UNSMA/UNGOMAP |
05 |
04 |
01 |
10 |
|
2 |
Angola |
UNAVEM & UNAVEM III |
470 |
09 |
09 |
488 |
|
3 |
Burundi |
BINUB |
01 |
05 |
0 |
06 |
|
4 |
Cambodia |
UNAMIC / UNTAC / UNMLT |
1003 |
0 |
0 |
1003 |
|
5 |
Bosnia |
UNMIBH |
01 |
0 |
24 |
25 |
|
6 |
Congo |
MONUC, MONUSCO |
22186 |
389 |
4079 |
26654 |
|
7 |
Croatia/East Slovenia |
UNTAES |
17 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
|
8 |
East Timor |
UNAMET / UNTAET / UNMISET |
1311 |
03 |
71 |
1385 |
|
9 |
Ethiopia / Eritrea |
UNMEE |
1093 |
6 |
9 |
1108 |
|
10 |
Georgia |
UNOMIG |
94 |
19 |
18 |
131 |
|
11 |
Haiti |
UNMIH / MNF / MINUSTAH |
2026 |
50 |
273 |
2349 |
|
12 |
Iraq |
UNGCI / UNMOVIC |
90 |
20 |
14 |
124 |
|
13 |
Iran |
UNIIMOG |
31 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
|
14 |
Ivory Coast |
MINUCI/ONUCI/UNOCI |
28902 |
471 |
640 |
30013 |
|
15 |
Kosovo |
UNMIK |
12 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
|
16 |
Kuwait |
UNIKOM |
7911 |
46 |
282 |
8239 |
|
17
|
Liberia |
UNOMIL / UNMIL |
23330 |
192 |
53 |
23575 |
|
18 |
Mecedonia |
UNPREDEP |
04 |
0 |
03 |
07 |
|
19 |
Mozambique |
ONUMOZ |
2468 |
15 |
39 |
2522 |
|
20 |
Namibia |
UNTAG |
25 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
|
21 |
Rawanda |
UNAMIR |
990 |
07 |
15 |
1012 |
|
22 |
Sierra Leone |
UNAMSIL / UNIOSIL |
11911 |
22 |
14 |
11947 |
|
23 |
Somalia |
UNOSOM-I-II / AMISOM |
1973 |
0 |
02 |
1975 |
|
24 |
Sudan |
UNMIS |
8007 |
685 |
0 |
8692 |
|
25 |
South Sudan |
UNMISS |
3490 |
619 |
98 |
4207 |
|
26 |
Tajikistan |
UNMOT |
34 |
03 |
03 |
40 |
|
27 |
Uganda / Rwanda |
UNOMUR |
20 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
|
28 |
Western Sahara |
MINURSO |
269 |
31 |
17 |
317 |
|
29 |
Yugoslavia (Former) |
UNPROFOR / UNMOP |
1381 |
18 |
0 |
1399 |
|
30 |
CAR & Chad |
MINURCAT |
09 |
01 |
49 |
59 |
|
31 |
Darfur |
UNAMID |
2818 |
48 |
53 |
2919 |
|
32 |
Lebanon |
UNIFIL |
06 |
2468 |
09 |
2483 |
|
33 |
West Africa |
UNOWA |
02 |
0 |
0 |
02 |
|
34 |
Cyprus |
UNFICYP |
01 |
0 | 0 | 01 |
|
35 |
UNSOA (Nairobi) |
UNSOA |
01 |
0 |
0 |
01 |
|
36 |
Syria |
UNSMIS |
16 |
01 |
01 |
18 |
|
37 |
Mali |
MINUSMA |
2660 |
244 |
128 |
3032 |
|
38 |
CAR |
MINUSCA |
3096 |
17 |
09 |
3122 |
|
39 |
Somalia |
UNSOM |
02 |
01 |
0 |
03 |
|
40 |
Offce of the African Union |
UNOUA |
01 |
0 |
0 |
01 |
|
41 |
UNHQ |
UNDPKO |
07 |
02 |
0 |
09 |
|
|
|
TOTAL |
133099 |
5404 |
6142 |
144645 |
Source: AFD (Foreign Affairs Section) Archive
