UNITED NATIONS: According to the UN Staff Union, at least 32 UN peacekeeping personnel, including seven from Pakistan, perished in targeted attacks against them in 2017.

The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) came in second place with 13 fatalities, followed by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) with four fatalities, and the United Nations I Organization Stabilization Mission with one fatality for the ninth year in a row (UNIFIL).

28 members of the military and 4 members of the police, including a female police officer, were among the 32 people who died, according to an official statement.

According to Staff Union President Aitor Arauz, "Peacekeepers and the civilian workers who operate side by side with them are on the front lines of the United Nations' operations in the world's most difficult circumstances."

Each intentional assault on UN employees undermines peacekeeping, one of the foundational foundations of the multilateral building, according to Arauz. The establishment of suitable mechanisms to ensure accountability for these atrocious acts, which may qualify as war crimes under international law, is the obligation of the entire international community.

According to the UN Staff Union, the 32 people killed in 2022 will bring the total number of UN and affiliated personnel killed in intentional attacks over the past 13 years to 494. These deaths have been caused by improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades, landmines, armed and subsequent ambushes, convoy attacks, suicide attacks, and targeted assassinations.

According to the report, there were 1 peacekeeper each from Guinea, Ireland, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Russia, and Serbia in addition to 7 from Pakistan, 7 from Egypt, 4 from Chad, 3 from Bangladesh, 2 from India, and 2 from Nigeria who perished in 2022.