Evolving Participation of Bangladesh Police in UN Peace Keeping Mission Challenges and Opportunities

Bangladesh is considered as one of the top police contributing countries in United Nations (UN). However, though the importance of the participation of police in UN Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKOs) has been increased, the scope of the Bangladesh police to participate in the UNPKOs has not been addressed entirely. Besides, there remains a knowledge gap among the existing literature regarding the issues and challenges facing by the Bangladesh police peacekeepers in UN. Moreover, the existing literature fails to provide proper guideline to make the pre-deployment training programmed more useful for the police peace keepers. In addition, it seems difficult to get any clearly defined literature related to the issues and challenges facing by the Bangladesh police personnel exclusively while participating in UNPKOs. Therefore, the present study aims to find out the major impediments facing by the Bangladesh police peacekeepers in UNPKOs and thereby suggesting and recommending policy options to ensure the successful participation of Bangladesh Police in UNPKOs. Since, the successful and increased participation of Bangladesh police in UNPKOs will make the police peacekeepers able to contribute to the economic and institutional development of the country; it is worth to conduct a detailed research in this regard.

Keywords – UNPKO, Bangladesh Police, Issues, Challenges, Peace Keepers.