I thank you all, and particularly the co-hosts of today’s meeting, for your commitment to United Nations peacekeeping.
Across the decades, our peacekeeping operations have helped countries from Liberia and Sierra Leone to Timor Leste and Cambodia in transition from conflict to peace. They protect hundreds of thousands of civilians, support political solutions to conflict and help preserve ceasefires.
But as conflicts become more complex and high-risk, our operations must keep pace.
