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28 Mar 2018
Mr. President, I thank the Kingdom of the Netherlands for organizing this important debate and I thank you Prime Minister Mark Rutte for presiding it. I have addressed this Council several times over the past year on peacekeeping reform.   It is now time to take action together.   At its best, UN peacekeeping is a remarkable enterprise of multilateralism and international solidarity.  
12 Mar 2018
Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), on the Elsie Initiative on Women in Peacekeeping (CSW62 Side Event).
12 Mar 2018
Remarks by Mr. Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Field Operations (UN-DFS), on the Elsie Initiative on Women in Peacekeeping (CSW62 Side Event).
27 Jan 2018 | New York
The Secretary-General condemns the killing of a peacekeeper from Pakistan deployed with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) following an ambush by members of an armed ‪group today near Lulimba, 96 km south west of Baraka, in South Kivu Province. At least one other peacekeeper was wounded in the attack.    
24 Jan 2018
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, discusses the Cruz Report that examines ways to reduce casualties among peacekeepers serving in missions across the globe.
24 Jan 2018
Press conference by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, on the Cruz Report and improving the security of peacekeepers and the future of peacekeeping.
24 Jan 2018
Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), on the situation in South Sudan.
23 Jan 2018
Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), on the situation in Mali.
10 Jan 2018
Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, on the situation in Sudan and South Sudan (Darfur) at the 8155th meeting of the Security Council.
9 Jan 2018
Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, on the situation concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo.