The United Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the government of Singapore on Thursday to work collaboratively on software development in support of UN peacekeeping.

"Singapore will partner with the UN Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support to co-develop software systems that will use information management to enhance situational awareness, trend analysis and early warning capacities in field missions," said a UN spokesman.

UN under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations, Herve Ladsous, signed the MOU on behalf the UN, Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, said at a daily news briefing here.

Singapore officially became the 117th member of the United Nations after its independence on Sept. 21, 1965. From 2001 to 2002, Singapore held a rotational seat on the UN Security Council and has participated in UN peacekeeping/observer missions in Kuwait, Angola, Kenya, Cambodia and Timor Leste.

Singapore's first peacekeeping mission was to oversee Namibia's transition to independence, in response to an urgent call for help from then UN General-Secretary Javier Perez de Cuellar on March 29, 1989.

Since 1989, Singapore has taken part in 16 peacekeeping and observer missions with personnel from the Singapore Armed Forces. Enditem

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