05 January 2016

Editorial: Cambodia Marks Milestone in UN Peacekeeping Contributions

By Prashanth Parameswaran

It is the tenth year the ASEAN state has sent peacekeepers abroad.

On January 2, Cambodia dispatched a new batch of peacekeepers to Lebanon as the nation marks its decade-long involvement in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping, Khmer Times reported.

According to Gen. Sem Sovanny, director-general of the Cambodian National Center for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines, and ERW Clearance, the sixth batch of 184 peacekeepers being deployed to Lebanon would replace the fifth batch, whose one-year mission had concluded.

“It marks the tenth year that Cambodia has sent peacekeepers to war-torn countries,” he said during a sending-off ceremony at the Phnom Penh International Airport.

Read the full story at The Diplomat