Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations

Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations is theGovernment company located in New York. 

France fully supports UN peacekeeping operations. It is the second troop contributing country among the five permanent members of the Security Council, with 940 blue helmets deployed on the ground in 8 peacekeeping operations. France is mainly present within the UNIFIL (Lebanon), MINUSCA (CAR) and MINUSMA (Mali).

France also supports the formation every year of more than 25,000 African soldiers, in 11 countries of the continent. In addition to this direct contribution, it is also present on the ground with UN authorized forces that are not blue helmets. France is the only UN Member State to deploy a national force in support of peacekeeping operations. In Mali, French operation Barkhane supports African forces and the MINUSMA in order to fight jihadist terrorism in the region. Until 2016, French operation Sangaris was supporting MINUSCA in Central African Republic. France also contributes financially to African operations, like the Multinational Joint Task Force fighting against Boko Haram or the G5 Sahel Joint Force.