United Nations peacekeeping

UN chief Ban Ki-moon named the first ever woman to serve as the head of a UN peacekeeping operation Monday, appointing a Norwegian commander to the UN mission in Cyprus.

Major General Kristin Lund of Norway, 56, will replace outgoing Major General Chao Liu of China in mid-August.

Norwegian Major General Kristin Lund became the first woman to head a United Nations peacekeeping force after the was appointed to command a mission in Cyprus.

VS could participate in eight more UN, EU missions

BELGRADE -- Serbian Army Chief of the General Staff Gen. Ljubiša Diković says there is a possibility VS soldiers could participate in eight more multinational operations.

Seven of those would be under the operational control of the United Nations (UN) and one under the European Union (EU).

BELGRADE - Members of the Serbian and Spanish contingent within the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon received medals for their successful performance of tasks in the mission.

At the ceremony in the command centre of the UN multinational operation in Lebanon at the Miguel de Cervantes base, Serbian peacekeepers received the medal from Head of Mission Major-General Paolo Serra.

BELGRADE/OSLO - Serbia is firmly committed to taking part in police and military peacekeeping missions, State Secretary at the Serbian Interior Ministry Vladimir Bozovic said in Oslo on Friday at a UN international conference dedicated to the building up and development of police capacities in peacekeeping missions.

BELGRADE - The members of the Serbian Armed Forces are highly valued in international missions and are making a major contribution to them, participants of a seminar on modern multinational operations said in Belgrade on Friday.

WASHINGTON - Serbia has clearly demonstrated its commitment to promoting peace and security by training its armed forces to participate in the international peacekeeping missions, reads the U.S. Department of State website.