The soldiers or Blue Helmuts have been around since 1948 in response to the Arab-Israeli conflict post World War II. These soldiers are armed. Their mission statement is to promote stability and security, protect personal property, and work with local communities.
The United Nations has 111,000 military personnel. 90,000 are soldiers, and the remainder are military police and civilians. Approximately, 8000 (10/2018) of this number are women. Efforts have been made to increase the role of women in the U.N. military. It remains unclear if efforts to increase the number of military as a whole is part of the U.N.'s agenda.
The Blue Helmuts are members of their native country's military army. Their specific tasks/missions include protecting U.N. employees, monitoring border disputes, observing peace after war, providing security for elections, assisting in-country military, and training other militias. The most common job for a Blue Helmut is an infantry soldier. Enablers are engineers or helicopter crews.
The U.S. is the biggest funder in the U.N. Americans tend to work as U.N. police. They usually have at least five years experience and have passed an extensive physical test. Ethiopia has the most Blue Helmuts, approximately 8300. A Peacekeeper/Blue Helmut is paid whatever the country's standard rate of service is plus an additional $1428 per month from the U.N. as of 7/2018.
Since 1948, the U.N. Blue Helmuts have completed fifty-seven missions. They are currently deployed in another fifteen missions worldwide. Some of these missions are located in Haiti, Darfur, Congo, Cyprus, Lebanon, Kosovo, India, Pakistan, and the Middle East.
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