Portugal & the UN: 65 Years of UN Missions and Operations | Peacekeeping | United Nations — Transcript

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1. 0:00peacekeeping doesn't work without its
2. 0:02troop and police contributors we
3. 0:03entirely dependent on
4. 0:09them when the United Nations was created
5. 0:13new possibility was uh was was was
6. 0:16erected which was the possibility of
7. 0:19countries to contribute to peace in
8. 0:21other countries through this
9. 0:24internationally mediated effort it
10. 0:26seemed to us that it was important to
11. 0:28make this contribution to
12. 0:30International
13. 0:35Peace we don't have our own forces our
14. 0:38forces are given to us by the
15. 0:39International Community for a particular
16. 0:46purpose countries like Portugal provide
17. 0:49specific capabilities what we call Niche
18. 0:52capabilities that are difficult for us
19. 0:54to get whether it's special forces or
20. 0:56police or specific other skill sets high
21. 1:00quality Personnel that allow us to make
22. 1:03a difference on the ground and can make
23. 1:05an impact every time they deploy that's
24. 1:08tremendously valuable for un
25. 1:14peacekeeping what I have seen over the
26. 1:17years is growing confidence in in Minar
27. 1:21in the United Nations mission in Central
28. 1:24African Republic and I believe that the
29. 1:26Portuguese contribution has something to
30. 1:28do with that so I'm very proud that the
31. 1:31Portuguese peacekeeping uh troops are
32. 1:34there making their contribution to a
33. 1:36country which has its name says is
34. 1:39Central to the African
35. 1:51[Music]
36. 1:52continent