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Soldiers for 2nd rotation of the UN peacekeeping mission for Lebanon - Spain

The military that make up the second rotation of the Lebanon Brigade XLII (BRILIB XLII), at the Torrejón Air Base, on November 17, 2024, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). BRILIB XLII is composed of 630 troops from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade, based in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba). In Lebanon, they will take over from 650 soldiers of the Aragon Brigade who have completed the six months of Operation 'Libre Hidalgo', in a United Nations mission. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Soldiers for 2nd rotation of the UN peacekeeping mission for Lebanon - Spain

Detail of the uniform of one of the members of the second rotation of the Brigade Lebanon XLII (BRILIB XLII), at the Torrejón Air Base, on November 17, 2024, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). BRILIB XLII is composed of 630 troops from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade, based in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba). In Lebanon, they will take over from 650 soldiers of the Aragon Brigade who have completed the six months of Operation 'Libre Hidalgo', in a United Nations mission. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Soldiers for 2nd rotation of the UN peacekeeping mission for Lebanon - Spain

The military that make up the second rotation of the Lebanon Brigade XLII (BRILIB XLII), at the Torrejón Air Base, on November 17, 2024, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). BRILIB XLII is composed of 630 troops from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade, based in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba). In Lebanon, they will take over from 650 soldiers of the Aragon Brigade who have completed the six months of Operation 'Libre Hidalgo', in a United Nations mission. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Soldiers for 2nd rotation of the UN peacekeeping mission for Lebanon - Spain

The soldiers that make up the second rotation of the Lebanon Brigade XLII (BRILIB XLII) board an aircraft at the Torrejón Air Base, on November 17, 2024, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). BRILIB XLII is composed of 630 troops from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade, based in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba). In Lebanon, they will take over from 650 soldiers of the Aragon Brigade who have completed the six months of Operation 'Libre Hidalgo', in a United Nations mission. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Soldiers for 2nd rotation of the UN peacekeeping mission for Lebanon - Spain

The military that make up the second rotation of the Lebanon Brigade XLII (BRILIB XLII), at the Torrejón Air Base, on November 17, 2024, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). BRILIB XLII is composed of 630 troops from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade, based in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba). In Lebanon, they will take over from 650 soldiers of the Aragon Brigade who have completed the six months of Operation 'Libre Hidalgo', in a United Nations mission. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Soldiers for 2nd rotation of the UN peacekeeping mission for Lebanon - Spain

The soldiers that make up the second rotation of the Lebanon Brigade XLII (BRILIB XLII) board an aircraft at the Torrejón Air Base, on November 17, 2024, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). BRILIB XLII is composed of 630 troops from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade, based in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba). In Lebanon, they will take over from 650 soldiers of the Aragon Brigade who have completed the six months of Operation 'Libre Hidalgo', in a United Nations mission. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Soldiers for 2nd rotation of the UN peacekeeping mission for Lebanon - Spain

The military that make up the second rotation of the Lebanon Brigade XLII (BRILIB XLII), at the Torrejón Air Base, on November 17, 2024, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). BRILIB XLII is composed of 630 troops from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade, based in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba). In Lebanon, they will take over from 650 soldiers of the Aragon Brigade who have completed the six months of Operation 'Libre Hidalgo', in a United Nations mission. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Soldiers for 2nd rotation of the UN peacekeeping mission for Lebanon - Spain

The soldiers that make up the second rotation of the Lebanon Brigade XLII (BRILIB XLII) board an aircraft at the Torrejón Air Base, on November 17, 2024, in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). BRILIB XLII is composed of 630 troops from the Guzmán el Bueno X Brigade, based in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba). In Lebanon, they will take over from 650 soldiers of the Aragon Brigade who have completed the six months of Operation 'Libre Hidalgo', in a United Nations mission. Photo by Diego Radamés / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UN Peacemakers Injured By Israeli Drone Attack - Lebanon

An injured peacekeeper receives treatment following an Israeli drone attack in Sidon, Lebanon, on Nov. 7, 2024. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced in a statement on Thursday that five peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli drone attack in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon. Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Koike sends off SDF mission to Golan Heights

KOBE, Japan - Defense Minister Yuriko Koike (L) hands the contingent's flag to Maj. Yoshifumi Ogura during a sendoff ceremony in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 19 for a Self-Defense Force contingent to join the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights. Ogura will command the group for six moths from late August.

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Abe says Japan to contribute more to U.N. peacekeeping missions

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a symposium in Tokyo commemorating 60 years of Japan's membership in the United Nations on Dec. 19, 2016. Abe said Japan will expand its contribution to United Nations peacekeeping operations in the future, with its Ground Self-Defense Force personnel already participating in a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

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Refugee child passes by GSDF members in Juba

TOKYO, Japan - A refugee child passes by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members who are engaged in drainage work at the base for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the South Sudanese capital Juba in February 2014.

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Norwegian general Lund, 1st female U.N. PKF commander

NEW YORK, United States - Major General Kristin Lund of Norway is seen in this undated photo. She became the first woman ever to serve as Force Commander in a U.N. peacekeeping operation.

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Send-off ceremony for GSDF troops before S. Sudan PKO

KUSHIRO, Japan - A send-off ceremony for Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops is held at a GSDF camp in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on May 20, 2014, before their dispatch to South Sudan for U.N. peacekeeping operations.

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Japanese troops in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Col. Kenichi Igawa, who leads a Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit in South Sudan, is interviewed by Kyodo News in the capital Juba on Feb. 12, 2014. The Japanese unit is taking part in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the African country.

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South Sudan unrest

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force supply water to people taking refuge at a U.N. peacekeeping mission base in Juba on Dec. 22, 2013, amid fighting in South Sudan.

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South Sudan unrest

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force examine people taking refuge at a U.N. peacekeeping mission base in Juba on Dec. 22, 2013, amid fighting in South Sudan.

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South Sudan unrest

JUBA, South Sudan - Photo shows people taking refuge on Dec. 22, 2013, near a camp of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Juba, amid fighting in South Sudan.

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South Sudan unrest

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force hand water to people taking refuge at a U.N. peacekeeping mission base in Juba on Dec. 22, 2013, amid fighting in South Sudan.

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Actress Kuroyanagi visits S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (far L) visits Japan Ground Self-Defense Force troops engaged in infrastructure development as part of U.N. peacekeeping operations in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on March 15, 2013.

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SDF personnel begin withdrawal from Golan Heights

BEN GURION, Israel - Self-Defense Force personnel arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel on Dec. 29, 2012, ahead of their return to Japan on Dec. 31. The first batch of the 47 SDF personnel involved in transportation and other operations of the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force started withdrawing from the U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights based on a government order due to worsening security conditions amid the civil war in Syria.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force stays cool at its camp in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. An engineering unit of the GSDF is in South Sudan to support infrastructure building under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Lt. Col. Teruo Sakama, who leads an engineering unit of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (front L), is welcomed by a South Sudan government official as members of the unit arrive at Juba airport on Feb. 20, 2012. The unit is in South Sudan to support infrastructure building under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force is seen standing with a shovel as the flags of Japan and the United Nations fly above the GSDF camp in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 22, 2012. An engineering unit of the GSDF is in South Sudan to support infrastructure building under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Defense chief encourages GSDF members in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) speaks in the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012, via videophone with Col. Toru Namatame (R) of the Ground Self-Defense Force deployed in South Sudan. Tanaka encouraged GSDF personnel who arrived in the African nation the previous day to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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GSDF engineers in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engineer puts on a blue helmet marked UN in the South Sudan capital of Juba on Feb. 21, 2012. Japan has dispatched the first batch of around 120 GSDF engineers to construct roads in the fledgling African nation as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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GSDF engineers in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engineers receive blue helmets marked UN in the South Sudan capital of Juba on Feb. 21, 2012. Japan has dispatched the first batch of around 120 GSDF engineers to construct roads in the fledgling African nation as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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GSDF engineers arrive in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engineers arrive in the South Sudan capital of Juba on Feb. 20, 2012, to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the fledgling African nation.

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GSDF engineers arrive in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engineers arrive in the South Sudan capital of Juba on Feb. 20, 2012, to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the fledgling African nation.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Work is under way to build a camp for Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering keeps cool in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit carry materials at their camp in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit carry beds to their tents in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit sets up a mosquito net on his bed in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 19, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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GSDF engineers leave for S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force engineers are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 19, 2012, ahead of their departure for South Sudan. Around 120 GSDF engineers left the same day to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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GSDF engineers leave for S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives see Ground Self-Defense Force engineers off at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 19, 2012, ahead of their departure for South Sudan. Around 120 GSDF engineers left the same day to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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GSDF engineers leave for S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives see Ground Self-Defense Force engineers off at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 19, 2012, ahead of their departure for South Sudan. Around 120 GSDF engineers left the same day to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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GSDF engineers leave for S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives see Ground Self-Defense Force engineers off at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 19, 2012, ahead of their departure for South Sudan. Around 120 GSDF engineers left the same day to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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Japan ground force in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Vehicles take materials from Juba airport in South Sudan to a depot of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit on Feb. 18, 2012. They are in South Sudan to help build infrastructure under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Japan SDF in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force hold discussions with workers of a quarry company in Sudan on Jan. 19, 2012. An advance team of the GSDF arrived in the capital Juba in mid-January to build roads under a U.N. peacekeeping mission and help improve the infrastructure of the 54th African nation that became independent in July 2011.

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Japanese GSDF group arrives in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Members of an advance group of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force arrive in the South Sudanese capital of Juba on Jan. 15, 2012, to prepare for the deployment of GSDF troops in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan.

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Japanese peacekeeping personnel arrive in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - An advance group of Ground Self-Defense Force personnel head for their lodging after arriving in Juba, South Sudan, on Jan. 15, 2012, to prepare for the arrival of more GSDF members for U.N. peacekeeping operations in the fledgling African nation.

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Japanese GSDF group arrives in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Col. Toru Namatame of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (L) is interviewed by a local TV station in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on Jan. 15, 2012, upon the arrival of an advance group of GSDF members preparing for the deployment of GSDF troops in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan.

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GSDF members leave for S. Sudan

NARITA, Japan - A 34-member group of Ground Self-Defense Force personnel leaves Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012, for South Sudan to prepare for Japan's full-fledged participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations there. Japan plans to send around 210 members of the GSDF engineering unit to the country between mid-February and the end of March to build roads and bridges as part of the peacekeeping operations in the fledgling nation.

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Members of GSDF leave for Africa

NARITA, Japan - An advance party of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force leaves for Africa from Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 11, 2012, to prepare for the arrival of the GSDF's engineering unit to join U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan.

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Flags presented to GSDF troops ahead of S. Sudan mission

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) hands a flag to a member of the Ground Self-Defense Force at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2012, ahead of the deployment of the troops to South Sudan on a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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PM Noda addresses GSDF on S. Sudan mission

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in front of members of the Ground Self-Defense Force at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2012, ahead of their deployment to South Sudan on a U.N. peacekeeping mission. Noda said the deployment is to show Japan's appreciation to the international community for its assistance following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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PM Noda meets GSDF members

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) meets with Ground Self-Defense Force captains Takuhiko Hosokawa (L) and Shinji Nakamura at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, prior to their departure to South Sudan on Nov. 28 to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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GSDF members to be dispatched to South Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force Capt. Shinji Nakamura (C front) and Takuhiko Hosokawa (R front) take part in a ceremony at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2011, before their dispatch to South Sudan to join a U.N. peacekeeping operation. On the left is Cabinet Office Senior Vice Minister Katsuyuki Ishida.

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Japan OKs plan to send ground troop mission to S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) attends a Cabinet meeting in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2011. The Japanese government approved the dispatch of a Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit to South Sudan to join U.N. peacekeeping operations and help build infrastructure there.