Kazakhstan is expanding its participation in peacekeeping operations. We see partnerships and joint deployment within UN PKOs as the cornerstone of our collective efforts to maintain peace and stability throughout the world.
Currently, our military peacekeepers are deployed as part of the Indian military contingent in Lebanon (UNIFIL), as well as, staff officers and military observers in that mission, and Western Sahara (MINURSO).
We fully support the Secretary-General’s reform of UN peacekeeping to enhance its relevance, responsiveness and accountability. Kazakhstan intends to expand its contribution to the PKOs by sending specialized military units and military equipment registered in the UN Peacekeeping Capability Readiness Sytem and additional officers to several UN missions.
Kazakhstan aims at national and regional peacekeeping capacity-building in accordance with UN standards. Our national peacekeeping training centre (KAZCENT), which is fully certified by the UN, will continue to upgrade the preparation of our women and men. Moreover, Kazakhstan intends to certify more courses for increasing roles in peacekeeping.