KATHMANDU: Nepal has climbed to the fourth position from fifth in the list of the 122 countries sending United Nations peacekeepers.
Currently, a total of 5,658 Nepali peacekeepers have been mobilized in 12 conflict-hit countries.
5,096 personnel of Nepal Army (NA) and 562 personnel of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force (APF) have been deployed as UN peacekeepers.
Since Nepal first sent Old Gorkha Battalion in 1974, at UN request 129,890 Nepali soldiers have worked in UN Peace Keeping Mission.
A total of 1,401 women soldiers have already worked in peacekeeping missions while 181 are currently deployed under different missions.
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