Additional commentary will follow later. Raw facts to consider now:
As of Dec… Total U.N. Peacekeepers Top 7 Contributing Countries
Top 7’s % of Total 2001 47,108 Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, India, Jordan, Ghana, Kenya 52.8% 2002 39,652 Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, India, Ghana, Kenya, Uruguay 52.0% 2003 45,815 Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, India, Ghana, Nepal, Uruguay 51.7% 2004 64,720 Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Ethiopia, Ghana, Jordan 51.3% 2005 69,838 Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Jordan, Nepal, Ethiopia, Ghana 55.7% 2006 80,368 Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Jordan, Ghana, Nepal, Uruguay 50.9% 2007 84,309 Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Jordan, Ghana, Nigeria 51.2%
The "total peacekeepers" above includes military, military observers, and police.
And what about the Security Council, the ones send in (and pay for) the peacekeepers?
As of Dec… Security Council % of Overall China’s share of the Security Council’s Total France’s share of the Security Council’s Total 2001 5.2% 5.3% 19.9% 2002 5.2% 6.0% 16.8% 2003 4.5% 17.2% 15.2% 2004 4.6% 34.8% 20.4% 2005 3.7% 40.9% 22.5% 2006 5.8% 38.5% 43.0% 2007 5.6% 38.5% 41.0%
On China, see this post from 2005, this post from 2006, and/or this post from 2007…
I have posted on this before, but for now, I’m "just saying"….
