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Operations under UN auspices best path to lasting peace
Belgrade/London,
8 September 2016
Minister of Defence Zoran Djordjevic said today at a conference on UN peacekeeping operations held in London that by the number of members engaged in 10 UN peacekeeping operations, Serbia occupies the 10th place in Europe.
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mod.gov.rs
Djordjevic underlined that the Ministry of Defence and the Army of Serbia pay special attention to increasing the number of women engaged in multinational operations and specified that of 332 members of the Army of Serbia currently employed in multinational operations, there are 38 women, which is more than 11 percent.
He pointed out that the task of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Defence is to continue that trend, improve it and increase in the coming years, adding that Serbia will pay special attention to the implementation of activities aimed at capacity building for women's participation in UN peacekeeping operations.
According to him, Serbia is persistent in the struggle for resolving conflicts and maintaining peace on a global level, and in this struggle it attaches great importance to respecting the right to equality, equal participation and representation of women and men in all spheres of social life.
The Minister of Defence stated that Serbia pays special attention to the involvement of military medical capacities in multinational operations, and it examined in detail the UN’s offer to take full responsibility and sustainability of the level 2 hospital in the UN peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), especially bearing in mind the financial aspect.
He pointed out that the task of the Republic of Serbia and the Ministry of Defence is to continue that trend, improve it and increase in the coming years, adding that Serbia will pay special attention to the implementation of activities aimed at capacity building for women's participation in UN peacekeeping operations.
According to him, Serbia is persistent in the struggle for resolving conflicts and maintaining peace on a global level, and in this struggle it attaches great importance to respecting the right to equality, equal participation and representation of women and men in all spheres of social life.
The Minister of Defence stated that Serbia pays special attention to the involvement of military medical capacities in multinational operations, and it examined in detail the UN’s offer to take full responsibility and sustainability of the level 2 hospital in the UN peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), especially bearing in mind the financial aspect.
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