Pledges

Military capacities:

• Level 2 Military Hospital (63 pers, estimated time to deployment: 18 months)
• Section of Engineers (116 pers, estimated time to deployment: 2 years)
• Reinforced Mechanized Infantry Company (190 pers, estimated time to deployment: three years)

Police capacities:

• Individual Police Officers
• Formed Police Unit (130-150 pers), 20% French-speaking personnel
• Training Programs
• SWAT-type Police Group (12 pers, English/French)
• Specialized Police Teams (3-4 pers), specialized in criminal intelligence, organized crime, project management, training, forensic science and criminology

• Funding for the UN Medical Division in partnership with another Member State (Smart Pledge)
• Expertise to support an update of the UN Military Expert on Mission Training Course
• Funding to facilitate the attendance of women peacekeepers at training initiatives for UN deployment
• Funding over three years to the US-based Peace Operations Training Institute towards E-Learning for African Peacekeepers

• Three Protection of Civilian training courses
• Training Officer for a Mobile Training Team
• Female Protection of Civilians expert for MINUSMA
• At least 2 additional women peacekeepers as Military Observers or Staff Officers in 2018
• Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) team and Staff Officers to UNIFIL (2018)
• At least 2 additional women peacekeepers as Military Observers or Staff Officers in 2018
• Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) team and Staff Officers to UNIFIL (2018)

Smart Pledges:

• Infantry Battalion
• Combat Logistic Battalion
• Special Force Company
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company
• Engineer Construction Company
• Transportation Company
• Signal Intelligence Company
• Bangladesh Formed Police Unit (BANFPU)
• Police Guard Unit (PGU)

Other new pledges:

• Infantry Battalion (BANBAT)
• Quick Reaction Force
• Special Operation Forces (BANSOF)
• Other new pledges:
• Infantry Battalion (BANBAT)
• Quick Reaction Force
• Special Operation Forces (BANSOF)
• Force Protection/ FHQ Support Company
• Bangladesh Airfield Services Unit (BANASU)
• Bangladesh Formed Police Unit (Women)
• Police Guard Unit (PGU)
• Military Police (BANMP)
• Military Staff Officer
• Military Observer

• Strengthen company-sized infantry unit in MINUSMA to a light infantry battalion (600 pers)
• Infantry battalion to MINUSCA
• Level 1 field hospital
• Engineering company
• Light demining teams
• Increase deployments to UN Military Observer and staff positions
• Increase the number of women deployed on UN peacekeeping operations

• Formed Police Unit/ Guard Unit, including 30 women policer officers

• Engineering company to Rapid Deployment Level (2018)
• Military police unit to Rapid Deployment Level (2017)

• Infantry Battalion
• Military Police Unit
• Formed Police Unit

• Women in Peace Operations Pilot – “The Elsie initiative”
• Innovative Training
  • Training activities to meet systemic UN needs
  • Canadian Training and Advisory Team

• Up to 40 military and police observers for the Verification Mission in Colombia
• French language training for Chilean military officials
• Seeking opportunities for cooperation with Member States and the UN Secretariat to build a smart pledge on training for peacekeeping operations
• Will form alliances with like-minded countries on the WPS agenda to incite new initiatives

• To train 100 more female peacekeepers.
• To offer peacekeeping courses in French.
• To explore smart ways to cooperate with other countries regarding equipment for peacekeeping.
• To help African countries establish their own peacekeeping training centers.

A Joint Task Force (JTF), combining the three military services and the national police, totaling 900 pers

• 760 military pers
• 140 Police through a Formed Police Unit
• 8% women
• Ready for deployment in 2019

• Two UN Military Experts on Mission (MINUSMA)
• Two Military Staff Officers (MINUSMA)

• Military units to MINUSMA:
  • Combat transportation battalion
  • Additional Military Police platoon
  • Airborne Special Forces Company
  • Anti-mine armored vehicles
• Pre-deployment specialized training, including on protection of civilians, child protection, and sexual exploitation/abuse
• Encourage the participation of women Staff Officers in various UN peacekeeping functions
• Extensive training for women cadres to compete for leadership positions in UN missions
• Training & Capacity Building:
  • Host the United Nations National Planners Program (UN-NPP) in 2018
  • Readiness to host the roll-out of the new Specialized Training Materials on Conflict Related Sexual Violence
  • Interest in hosting a United Nations Senior Mission Leaders (UNSML) training course in French
  • Readiness to translate the UN Specialized Training Material on Conflict Related Sexual Violence into Arabic

• Infantry battalion
• Two Formed Police Units

• Financial support for G5 Sahel countries to help increase security, boost cross-border cooperation, and start the Joint Force, in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2359
• Host an international conference on the G5 Sahel in Brussels
• Continue to support the G5 Joint Force with advising, training and capacity-building

• Continue involvement in UNIFIL beyond 2018 (company-size unit)

• Infantry Battalion (850 pers)
• Force Protection Company (180 pers)
• Military Police Company (132 pers)
• Military Observers (5)
• Staff Officers (5)

• Training courses to enhance operational effectiveness through women peacekeepers

• Aero-Medical Team (AMET) to MONUSCO
• Independent Infantry Company to UNMISS

• 10 military Staff Officers
• 10 UN Military Observers
• Rapid Deployment (60 days) of:
  • Infantry Battalion
  • Engineering Company
  • Signal Company
• Transport Company

• Training for delivery at the UN Training School Ireland
• Training for delivery in requesting country

• Landing Platform Dock ship
• Provision of educational training opportunities, capability gap ‘fillers’, to be implemented and defined on bilateral basis

• Establish an intermediate course for the African Rapid Deployment of Engineering Capabilities (ARDEC) Project
• Financial contribution to the 2018 UN Women Female Military Officers Course (FMOC)
• Ready to lead in establishing UN training standards and evaluation criteria for ARDEC

• Medium Utility Helicopter Unit to MINUSMA
• Airfield Support Unit to MINUSMA

• 2 Infantry battalions (850 pers each)
• Engineer Squadron
• Communication Information System [CIS] Squadron
• Staff Officers and Observers, as requested
• Offering the International Peace Support Training Centre [IPSTC] and the Humanitarian Peace Support School [HPSS] as Smart Training facilities available as Regional and International Centres

• Force Protection Unit for MINUSMA

• To deploy the first Mexican women to a UN peacekeeping operation (MINURSO in January 2018)
• To increase the deployment of women personnel
• Broaden participation in peacekeeping, including the deployment of police personnel (first deployment of this kind will be to) MINUJUSTH

• Level 2 Hospital
• Police

• Level 1 Medical unit
• Aeromedical evacuation team
• Level 4 Hospital (Rabat)
• 35 officers (15 staff officers, 20 military observers including women) to UN peacekeeping

• Infantry battalion (850 pers)
• Engineering company (260 pers)
• Military police company (132 pers)
• Staff Officers and Military Observers
• Two additional Formed Police Units for 2018-19 (280 pers)
• Police officers and forensic experts
• Training to other T/PCCs at Nepal’s Peacekeeping Training Center
• Offering Nepal’s Peacekeeping Training Center for organizing major training events
• Support for the revising of UN manuals

• Specialized police teams to MINUSMA (25%-40% women)
• Training for MINUSMA: Protection of Civilians and in-mission gender training
• Expertise on medical assistance, counter-IED, intelligence, search techniques, forensics and integrated approaches
• Expert seminar on peacekeeping intelligence

• C-130J transport aircraft to return to MINUSMA in 2019 as part of a prolonged multinational rotation of military aircraft to Mali
• Continue to offer camp facilities in MINUSMA to all rotational partners
• Welcome a second C-130 to Camp Bifrost, MINUSMA (pending bilateral discussions)

• Increase deployment of women officers as Staff Officers, Medical Officers and Armed Forces Nursing Services to achieve gender parity
• Training support at Pakistan’s peacekeeping training center
  • Female Military Officers Course (FMOC)
  • Male – Female Hybrid Military Observer Course (H-UNMOC)
  • Hosting of International Women Seminar in 2018
  • Exchange of Women Instructors
  • Workshops on preparation for the UN PCRS
  • Hosting Counter-IED courses
  • Courses for Combat Medics
• Training of officers in Observer, Staff Officers and Protection of Civilians Courses
• Provision of training teams to other Troop Contributing Countries and UN Training Centers
• 50 Women Staff Officers

• 5 women warrant officers for Staff Officer positions at any UN missions
• 9 women warrant officers and non-commissioned officers, for administrative positions at any UN missions

• 3 Force HQ Support Units (FHSU)
• 90 UN Military Observers/ Staff Officers (30 Female & 60 Male)

• Continue participation in MINUSMA within the Transport Aviation Unit Rotational Concept until 2020 (Smart Pledge)
• Continue to keep a Quick Reaction Force in MINUSCA in 2018
• Continue to participate in the EU Training Missions in Mali and Central African Republic
• Continue presence in UNAMA (Afghanistan) and in the Verification Mission in Colombia
• Contribution to the Trust Fund for Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

• Special Operations Forces company to Rapid Deployment Level (2018-19)
• Infantry battalion to Rapid Deployment Level (2018-19)
• Smart Pledges in partnership with the US for the Rapid Deployment Level (2019-20):
  • Engineering Unit
  • Level 2 Hospital

• Level 2 Hospital
• Infantry battalion
• Formed Police Unit (gendarmerie)
• Formed Police Unit (police)

Increase in the participation of women:

• Strive to exceed 15% target of women Military Staff Officers/Observers (2018)
• Strive to establish and manage human resources pool for selected women police officers

• Female Military Police Company
• All-Female Force Protection Company
• Four MI-17 Helicopters for Mali
• Quick Reaction Force Company

• Infantry Company
• Nordic Mobile Training Team to support basic training for UN troops in MINUSMA
• Supporting the UN with gender competence and training at the Swedish Armed Forces
• International Centre and the Nordic Centre for Gender in Military Operations

• Quick Reaction Force Company
• Female Engagement Platoon in each battalion
• Military, police and correctional staff officers to be deployed to various UN missions

• Engineer Company (Smart Pledge)
• Formed Police Unit (All-Female or Mixed Unit – Smart Pledge)

• Seven Mi-8 helicopters
• Four Mi-24 helicopters
• National contingents (400 military pers)

• Launch of the WPS Chiefs of Defence Network

• Medical training and support to UN HQ
• Bolster UN planning and coordination to support UN SG’s reform efforts
• Provide equipment, training, and sustainment to TCCs for critical enabling capabilities
• Provide pre-deployment equipment to enhance operational readiness
• Support Rwanda’s pledges of rapidly deployable units
• Reinforce in-mission mentoring by deploying U.S. trainers to UN peacekeeping operations for short duration to address key gaps
• In coordination with the UN, provide communications assessment and support package to enhance a targeted peacekeeping operation

• Riverine Company, with over 10% women personnel
• 15 Staff Officers
• 20 Military Observers
• 1 Canine Unit
• 3 Water Plants

• Rapid Deployable Battalion (Smart Pledge)
• Medium Utility Helicopter Unit of three MI-17 Helicopters
• Special Forces Company
• 3 Female Engagement Teams