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July 24th, 2011: Pakistan is the single largest contributor of UN peacekeeping forces, with more than 11,000 Pakistani military personnel serving in UN peacekeeping operations worldwide.

UN PEACE KEEPING MISSIONS
United Nations Operation in Congo (MONUC)
United Nations Security Force in New Guinea , West Irian (UNSF)
United Nations Yemen Observer Mission (UNYOM)
United Nations Transition Assistance Group in Namibia (UNTAG)
United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM)
United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
United Nations Transitional Authority on Cambodia (UNTAC)
United Nations Operations in Somalia (UNOSOM, UNITAF, UNOSOM II)
United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia (UNOROFOR)
United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR)
United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM)
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
United Nation Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
United Nations Mission in Kosovo
United Nation Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
United Nations Observer Mission in Burundi (ONUB)


-May 30, 2011: Dag Hammarskjold Medals were awarded to the families of 73 peacekeepers, including 8 Pakistanis in a solemn ceremony at UN Headquarters. Eight Pakistani UN Peacekeepers laid down their lives, while serving the cause of peace in hot spots around the world from March 2010 to December 2010.
Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Mr. Raza Bashir Tarar received the medals on behalf of the deceased families.
Captain Mohammad Tahir Khan (UNMIL), Lieutenant Shab Hamid Bajwa (UNMIL), Naib Subedar Mohammad Iqbal (MONUSCO), Naik Mohammad Saleem Akhtar (UNMIS), Naik Mohammad Riaz Khan (MONUSCO), Naik Itbar Khan (UNMIS), Sepoy Karim Khan (UNMIL) and Sapper Gul Sher (UNOCI) were martyred in the line of duty. This is the highest number of sacrifices given by any single country in the UN Peacekeeping operations during the last twelve months
The ceremony which marks the annual International Day of UN Peacekeepers also paid tribute to more than 120,000 military, police and civilians currently serving worldwide under the blue flag.
Pakistan is one the largest contributor to U.N. peacekeeping missions around the world, with 10,500 troops.