ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the policy positions, and the factors that motivate them, of the large troop- and police-contributing countries (TPCCs) to UN peace operations, as well as their views on what should be done to address the North-South divide in UN peacekeeping. It discusses the effective engagement of selected countries from Asia, Africa, and Latin America that regularly deploy uniformed personnel to UN peacekeeping operations. Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, and Nepal together currently account for almost 30 percent of the uniformed peacekeepers contributed by 123 countries to UN peacekeeping operations. Latin America has only two countries who participate with more than 1,000 troops in robust peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions: Uruguay and Brazil. The chapter focuses on key discussions among TPCCs related to: robust mandates; new trends in peacekeeping, such as the use of new technologies, inter-mission cooperation, and regional partnerships; and issues relating to mandate setting and resourcing, transparency, and equitable representation in decision-making.
