The Summit was organised on an invitation-only basis for UN troop-contributing countries that were prepared to pledge further commitments to UN peacekeeping.
In his address to the Summit, Prime Minister Bainimarama said that Fiji is a nation dedicated to peacekeeping. He said that UN peacekeeping was now part of Fiji’s national identity. In spite of being a country of fewer than a million people, its soldiers, police and correctional officers have served in blue helmets all over the world.
