Brazil - Peace operations. As of June 2010, Brazil was supplying a total of 2,254 personnel to nine UN peacekeeping operations (12 police, 47 military observers, and 2,195 troops).
The following missions were supported: UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH),UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT)UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT), andUN Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Source: UN Peacekeeping. International Year of Forests, 2011. Israel halts 'dialogue' with UK over war crimes law. 3 November 2010Last updated at 11:46 UK Foreign Secretary William Hague is on an official visit to Israel Israel is postponing "strategic dialogue" with Britain over defence and security issues, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman has said.
The move is a protest over attempts to use British law to prosecute visiting Israeli officials, the spokesman added. Israeli raid on Gaza aid flotilla broke law - UN probe. 23 September 2010Last updated at 01:34 The raid on the Mavi Marmara resulted in the deaths of nine pro-Palestinian activists Israel's military broke international laws during a raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a UN Human Rights Council investigation says.
