A few extra points on @philipperater's story. A quick calculation suggests that these 9 contributors currently deploy about 17,500 personnel (troops and police) on UN missions, or 21% of all current @UNPeacekeeping personnel [1/4]
Of the 9 @UNPeacekeeping contributors asked to avoid peacekeeper rotations due to #coronavirus, #Nepal (5658 personnel) is biggest, followed by #India (5404), #China (2544) and #Italy (1084). All others deploy under 1K [2/4]
Some missions will be more affected than others: About 1/3rd of UN personnel in @unmissmedia (#SouthSudan) are on this #coronavirus non-rotation list for example. That's over 5,000 personnel stuck in a country and probably getting a bit peevish... [3/4]
This assumes that #unpeacekeeping has asked the 9 countries involved not to rotate *any* of the personnel (perhaps it varies by mission? @philipperater may know). Maybe @PDWilliamsGWU and @ipinst data whizzes can map the effects more precisely. But it's not small beans [ends].
Addendum: @philipperater confirms the UN request refers to any rotation by the countries involved, rather than on a mission-by-mission basis.
