Summit to revamp UN peacekeeping efforts

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling a summit to seek pledges of troops, equipment and funding to boost embattled UN peacekeeping missions faced with a growing number of global crises
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UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS: Number of personnel (June 2015)

Kosovo 370

Western Sahara 470

Liberia 7,300

C™te dΥIvoire 8,000

Mali 11,600

CAR* 11,500

Dem. Rep. of Congo 23,800

Cyprus 1,070

Sudan (Darfur) 21,300

Syria 950

Lebanon 11,300

Middle East 380

Sudan (Abyei) 4,600

South Sudan 14,900

Kashmir 115

*Central African Republic


Haiti 6,150
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CONTRIBUTORS (August 2015)

Europe: 6,900

Middle East 1,965

U.S. and Canada 200

Africa 52,000

Largest contributors: Ethiopia, Rwanda

Asia-Pacific 41,060

Largest contributors: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal

Latin America and the Caribbean 4,375

Total personnel 106,500
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Source: United Nations

Picture: Associated Press

All figures rounded

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