Vague in wording, it called for withdrawal of Belgian troops and authorized the Secretary-General `` to take the necessary steps to provide the ( Congolese ) Government with such military assistance as may be necessary, until, through the efforts of the Congolese Government with the technical assistance of the United Nations, the national security forces may be able, in the opinion of the Government, to meet fully their tasks.

It also urged that the U.N. eject, and prevent the return of, all Belgian and other foreign military and political advisers ; ;

Each was about the size of a brigade, and commanded by ' aging generals who have had no military training, and often not much positive experience, since they were NCOs in the Belgian Force Publique.

Also, Zaire's allies provided a large influx of military equipment, and Belgian, French, and American advisers assisted in rebuilding and retraining the force.

Belgium: The total Includes 35, 000 killed or missing in action and died of wounds Official Belgian government figures for military losses in Europe were 26, 338 killed, died of wounds or accidents and 14, 029 died of disease or missing.

* July 3 – A military rebellion led by Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme begins in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

With CIA and Belgian presence, Lumumba was sent first on 3 December, to Thysville military barracks Camp Hardy, 150 km ( about 100 miles ) from Leopoldville.

In Belgian domestic politics, Leopold emphasized military defense as the basis of neutrality, but he was unable to obtain a universal conscription law until on his death bed.

He enlisted in 1914, spent a brief period on the Belgian front, and then served as a military doctor in Brussels.

The Belgian Army (; ) is the national military of Belgium.

From 1885 the Force publique was established as the military garrison and police force in the Belgian Congo.

After the defeats of 1940 a number of military units were formed in exile, usually under British command: these became known as the Free Belgian Forces.

The Belgian Land, Air, and Medical Components all use the same military ranks.

The Belgian Navy is the naval arm of the Belgian military.

* List of Belgian military decorations

For a number of years, the Belgian Armed Forces have had an active programme of co-operation with Benin, offering training and coaching, donating redundant military equipment and using the county for limited military exercises.

The Mosin – Nagant (, ISO 9: ) is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations.

* Henri Alexis Brialmont, Dutch-born Belgian military engineer.

During the Battle of the Yser, the Veurne city hall became the headquarters for the Belgian troops under King Albert I and a military hospital was set up in the city.

Fort Breendonk and its twin sister Fort Liezele ( which now serves as a municipal recreational area ) were initially built by the Belgian military just before WWI, as part of a string of fortresses ( the Réduit national ) designed to protect the approaches to Antwerp.

This government fell on 25 April 1961 over the Unitary Law ( which raised the fiscal pressure with 7 billion Belgian francs, cut spending in education and the military, reformed the unemployment dole and government pensions ) and had caused massive strikes.

Following the Nazi invasion of Belgium, Lilian's mother put herself at the service of the Red Cross during the Belgian and Allied military campaign against the invaders.

In August 2012, the funeral of Countess Alix de Lannoy, mother of Stéphanie de Lannoy, was held in Frasnes, attended by members of the Luxembourg and Belgian royal families.

Wilson attended the Anglo-French Chantilly Conference ( 6-8 December 1915 ) along with Murray ( CIGS ), French and Robertson, as well as Joffre, Maurice Pellé and Victor Huguet for France, Zhilinski and Ignatieff for Russia, Cadorna for Italy and a Serb and Belgian representative.

He attended the Toledo Museum School of Design from 1955 to 1962 and studied privately under the Belgian painter Line Bloom Draper.

The other trials were similarly attended by a French or Belgian delegation.

His Belgian parents returned to their homeland in the 1950s, and Jouret attended the Free University of Brussels from which he received his medical degree.

April 6, 2000, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt attended the ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the genocide in Kigali.

It reported that President Tshombe and two other ministers were present with four Belgian officers under the command of Katangese authorities.

He was a member of the Belgian national team, for which he appeared in four FIFA World Cups, being one of three Belgian players ever to do so.

Sixteen men, forming two firing squads, carried out the sentence pronounced on her and on four Belgian men at Tir National shooting range in Schaerbeek, at 6: 00 am on 12 October 1915.

In 1991, towards the end of the reign of Baudouin I, Senator Yves de Wasseige, a former member of the Belgian Constitutional Court, cited four points of democracy which the Belgian Constitution lacks: 1. the King chooses the ministers, 2. the King is able to influence the ministers when he speaks with them about bills, projects and nominations, 3. the King promulgates bills, and, 4. the King must agree to any change of the Constitution

For four years, under the command of King Albert I of Belgium, the Belgian army guarded the important sector of the Allied left wing between Nieuwpoort, on the coast, and Ypres with the help of the forces of the Entente but did not participate in any of the major Allied offensives, deemed unnecessarily expensive and unnecessary in men by the King of the Belgians.

For instance, the Belgian Shepherd Dog is separated into four distinct breeds by some clubs, but not in others.

With the Belgian Unity Law the four villages of Oostkamp proper, Hertsberge, Ruddervoorde and Waardamme became the Municipality of Greater Oostkamp

Marc Dutroux ( born 6 November 1956 ) is a Belgian serial killer and child molester, convicted of having kidnapped, tortured and sexually abused six girls during 1995 to 1996, ranging in age from 8 to 19, four of whom he murdered.

His parents, both teachers, emigrated to the Belgian Congo, but returned to Belgium when Dutroux was four.

One of the four breeds of the Belgian Sheepdog is the local Malinois.

That day the Belgian pilots claimed four more German aircraft: three Do 17 and a Bf 109, while the Stukas of I ./ St. 2 destroyed no less than 14 Fiats at Brustem airfield.

Overall claims by Belgian CR. 42s were: eight Do 17, four Bf 109 and one Ju 52.

The Belgian Army's Military Police Group ( Groupe Police Militaire in French, Groep Militaire Politie in Dutch ) performs military police duties on behalf of all four components of the Belgian military.

Hemispherical cylinder heads have been used since at least 1901 ; they were used by the Belgian car maker Pipe in 1905, the Peugeot Grand Prix Car of 1912 and the Alfa Romeo Grand Prix car of 1914 both were four valve engines also, Daimler, and Riley were also using hemispherical combustion chambers.

This massive space, flanked by four huge arched windows made from yellow Belgian glass, contains the unique marble Historical Frieze which is an intrinsic part of the design of the monument.

During the First World War, he, his wife Helene, son and four daughters were among those Belgian refugees who fled to England.

For four years, with a force that never exceeded about 14, 000 ( 3, 000 Germans and 11, 000 Africans ), he held in check a much larger force of 300, 000 British, Belgian, and Portuguese troops.

During the day, the Dutch Air Force loses about half its aircraft and the Belgian Air Force about a quarter of its planes, a combined total of more than 100 planes ; France loses four of its 879 combat-ready planes destroyed on the ground and 30 damaged, while the Royal Air Force loses six planes destroyed and 12 put out of action out of 384 deployed in France.

* July 15 – A Belgian C-130 Hercules carrying a Belgian crew of four and 37 young members of the Royal Netherlands Army crashes at Eindhoven Airport in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and catches fire.

Of the other handful of adventurers who had visited both poles, only four had successfully crossed both polar icecaps: Norwegian Børge Ousland, Belgian Alain Hubert and Fiennes.