Atul Khare, Under-Secretary General for the Department of Field Support, discusses UNCOPS 2018 and charting a vision for UN Police to strengthen its ability to effectively prevent and address security threats before they transcend borders.
Building on ongoing reform and the Secretary-General’s Action for Peacekeeping initiative to improve peacekeeping, UNCOPS 2018 takes stock of UN policing efforts.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping, and Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, discuss peacekeeping operations.
The Secretary-General conveys his condolences to the Government of Burkina Faso, and the family and loved ones of the deceased, and wishes a swift recovery to the injured. He pays tribute to the courage of the men and women serving in MINUSMA, Malian and international forces at great personal risk and sacrifice.
The Secretary-General condemns the killing of a Rwandan peacekeeper and the wounding of eight others of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on 10 April, in Bangui during an exchange of fire with armed elements.
The incident follows a joint operation launched on 8 April by MINUSCA and the Central African forces and police to disarm and arrest heavily armed criminal groups.
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.
Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), on the Elsie Initiative on Women in Peacekeeping (CSW62 Side Event).
