Canada Commits to Supporting UN Peace Operations with $40 million in New Projects and Contributions

As a result of the 2025 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial (UNPKM) meeting in Berlin, Germany, the Government of Canada has pledged to provide more than $40 million in new projects and contributions to continue supporting UN peace operations and related peacebuilding efforts. This commitment includes a pledge to continue providing tactical airlift support to UN peace operations until 2027. Canada's Military Training and Cooperation Program will also continue to provide member nations with a wide range of training courses that directly or indirectly strengthen their ability to participate in peace support operations and help improve the interoperability of their personnel in multinational peace support operations.

Key Takeaways:

• Canada committed to providing more than $40 million in new projects and contributions to support UN peace operations and related peacebuilding efforts.
• The country pledged to continue providing tactical airlift support to UN peace operations until 2027.
• Canada's Military Training and Cooperation Program will continue to provide member nations with a wide range of training courses that strengthen their ability to participate in peace support operations.
• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) committed to supporting women in peace operations by providing subject-matter experts to support pre-deployment training for individual women police officers and meeting and exceeding the UN Secretary-General's Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy targets with more than 30% women representation in international deployments.
• Canada will increasingly share peacekeeping capacity-building activities with like-minded partners and, where appropriate, through the UN Light Coordination Mechanism, to increase opportunities for effective international collaboration and achieve greater impact.
• The RCMP will also set up a community of practice consisting of previously deployed women to serve as a resource to support women peacekeepers around the world.
• Canada will provide more than $26.5 million to support the UN's Women, Peace and Security agenda, including the Elsie Initiative Fund, training and capacity building, and the Women, Peace, and Security Mandate in the Indo-Pacific.
• The UN Triangular Partnership Programme will deliver a 9-week cross-pillar training course in Cambodia focusing on explosive hazard awareness and heavy equipment operation.

Statistics:

• More than $40 million in new projects and contributions to support UN peace operations and related peacebuilding efforts.
• $11.4 million in support of training, capacity building, and partnerships.
• 450 personnel from partner countries to be trained through partnerships.
• 3 combat first-aid train-the-trainer courses to be delivered to selected partners.
• $15 million in funding for the United Nations Elsie Initiative Fund to support barrier assessments, construct gender-sensitive accommodations, offer training and daycare facilities, provide financial premiums for gender-strong unit deployments, and develop gender policies, strategies, and action plans.
• $3.4 million in funding to support selected troop- and police-contributing countries in operationalizing the results of assessments of barriers to the meaningful participation of women in uniform in peace operations.
• Over $2 million in funding to support UNITAR to train military gender advisers and gender focal points for UN peace support operations.
• Over $800,000 in funding to support UN ITS to deliver 4 train-the-trainer courses for UN staff officers and 1 train-the-trainer course for UN military observer.

Sources:

• News release from the Government of Canada, following the 2025 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting in Berlin, Germany.
• Project funding announcements for various initiatives, including the UN Department of Peace Operations and the UN Department of Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance.