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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
09MANILA1362	2009-06-29 10:21	2011-08-30 01:44	CONFIDENTIAL	Embassy Manila

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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANILA 001362 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MTS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 6/29/2019 
TAGS: MOPS PGOV PINR PREL RP SY UNDOF
SUBJECT: PHILIPPINE TROOPS TO JOIN UNITED NATIONS 
PEACEKEEPERS IN GOLAN HEIGHTS 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
¶1. (C)  SUMMARY:  The Philippine government has announced 
that a battalion of 340 Philippine military and law 
enforcement personnel is expected to join United Nations 
peacekeepers in the Golan Heights soon.  The dispatch of this 
battalion, which will serve with the United Nations 
Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for at least six months, 
represents the largest overseas deployment of Philippine 
troops in eight years.  The Philippines is currently the 
30th-largest contributor of UN peacekeepers, and the Arroyo 
administration has repeatedly emphasized its continued 
commitment to serving in United Nations peacekeeping 
operations, notwithstanding the demands placed on military 
and law enforcement resources by offensive operations against 
insurgent groups and terrorists in the Philippines.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
¶2. (U)  Philippine Ambassador to the UN Hilario Davide, Jr. 
and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced June 
23 that a battalion of 340 Philippine troops will be 
dispatched in September to join the United Nations 
Disengagement Observer Force in the disputed Golan Heights 
region on the border of Syria and Israel.  This deployment, 
the largest overseas movement of Philippine troops since 600 
troops were sent to East Timor in 2001 in support of the 
United Nations Transitional Administration, will comprise 
both military and law enforcement personnel who will serve 
for a minimum of six months.  The Filipinos will replace a 
Polish battalion, joining more than 1,000 peacekeepers from 
Austria, Canada, Croatia, Japan, India, and Poland presently 
assigned to the Golan Heights.  Commenting on the impending 
deployment, Ambassador Davide noted, "In our own little way, 
we will help keep the peace in that part of the Middle East." 
 
 
¶3. (U)  Philippine military and law enforcement personnel 
have served in various United Nations peacekeeping missions 
for more than 45 years, and have an excellent reputation as 
peacekeepers and observers.  The Philippines is currently the 
30th largest contributor of UN peacekeepers, with some 613 
military and law enforcement personnel now serving in United 
Nations missions in Afghanistan, Cote d'Ivoire, East Timor, 
Georgia, Haiti, Liberia, and Sudan.  AFP spokesperson Lt. 
Col. Romeo Brawner recently asserted that the United Nations 
prefers to have Philippine personnel supporting their most 
difficult and challenging peacekeeping operations. 
 
¶4. (C)  Since the Philippines' initial participation in 
United Nations peacekeeping operations in 1963, 16 Filipino 
peacekeepers have lost their lives in the line of duty. 
Valuing its reputation for professionalism and discipline as 
peacekeepers, the Philippine government has repeatedly 
emphasized its continued commitment to the support of United 
Nations peacekeeping operations.  However, the Arroyo 
administration's troop-intensive offensive against communist 
New People's Army rebels, rogue Muslim insurgent elements, 
and Abu Sayyaf Group terrorists has placed heavy demands on 
both military and law enforcement personnel, forcing the 
government to make increasingly difficult resource decisions 
in order to maintain its long-standing commitment to United 
Nations peacekeeping operations. 
KENNEY

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