BERLIN, Germany: Malaysia has been honoured with a United Nations (UN) award that recognises the participation of female peacekeepers in its peacekeeping missions at the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025 here.
The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) Headquarters, in a statement, said the award recognises the operational deployment and involvement of female peacekeepers from the Malaysian Battalion (MALBATT) under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which met the targets set by the Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy (UGPS).
It said that Malaysia is among the countries that advocate the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, adding that 10.5 per cent of the total peacekeeping mission personnel for MALBATT UNIFIL consist of women.
“Besides UNIFIL, the MAF has also deployed female peacekeepers as military observers and staff for MONUSCO (UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), MINURSO (UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), and UNISFA (UN Interim Security Force for Abyei),” read the statement.
The MAF said the award recognises Malaysia’s contribution to upholding international peace and security on the global stage.
Other recipients are Fiji, Guatemala, Kenya, Malawi, Mongolia and Tanzania.
The MAF Headquarters Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Datuk Azhan Md Othman, and the Military Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the UN, Colonel Shamsuri Noordin, attended the award ceremony.
Yesterday, Defence Minister, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, reaffirmed the country’s continued commitment to supporting the WPS agenda in line with the UGPS. – BERNAMA
