But he, too, is short of people: by this week, just over half the 55, 000 troops promised had arrived.
The African contingent is expected to be bolstered to 7, 900, including 2, 200 troops promised by Chad, AP news agency quotes a Nigerian military official, Col Shehu Usman Abdulkadir, as saying.
But those countries that have promised troops are still holding off on a firm commitment.
Pressed about the other 1, 300 promised troops, officials would only say that they were on the way.
The government of Burundi promised to pull troops out of Congo in return for a Congolese promise to stop supporting rebels in Burundi.
After the war, the Turkish government promised to send troops to protect the Turkomen, and Turkomen parties have been announcing that the time for such intervention has come.
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His successor, Ehud Barak, promised to remove IDF troops from Lebanon and forge a final peace with the Palestinians and with Syria within a year.
The AU promised 8, 000 troops to control Mogadishu but only 3, 000 Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers pitched up, and then only to protect a few key installations, while other parts of Mogadishu became ever more anarchic.
After getting together in South Africa, the president and main rebel leader of Burundi called for the swift deployment of the peacekeeping troops that South Africa, Mozambique and Ethiopia have promised to contribute.
Obama has called Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan the "central front in our enduring struggle against terrorism and extremism, " and, since taking office in January, he has promised to send 21, 000 more troops to Afghanistan.
Uganda had promised to withdraw its last 1, 000 troops from Congo by March 20th.
Only about half the promised extra 22, 000-plus American troops earmarked for Baghdad have arrived.
But so far, the number of Iraqi troops coming to Baghdad is far below what had been promised.
When Mr Olmert took over, he promised further sweeping withdrawals of Israeli settlements and troops from the West Bank.
As a candidate, Mr. Obama promised to end the Iraq war by withdrawing all troops by March 2009.
Now, the regional commander General Simbering says his troops won't confront the OPM fighters and he has promised they will no longer carry weapons into the villages.
McChrystal noted that NATO allies had promised to send at least 7, 000 new troops to Afghanistan, which means the full array of new forces would be close to the 40, 000 he had requested.
Last month Bush promised to enlarge NATO and to keep U.S. troops in the Balkans as long as necessary.
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But with only about 10, 000 often ineffectual troops and police, well short of the 26, 000 that were promised by the end of this year, UNAMID remains pretty impotent.
Russia has been dragging its feet on its commitment to withdraw the remaining 8, 000 troops from the tiny Baltic republic, and is unlikely to meet its promised target date of 1 August for the withdrawal of all forces.
Neighboring African countries are ultimately expected to contribute around 3, 000 troops, but concerns about the mission have delayed some from sending what they have promised.
Others promised relief: our division is being withdrawn from combat and returned to the States to train new troops.
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