USG Peace Operations

NAQOURA, 02 August 2024 – UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix today concluded the Lebanon leg of his trip to the Middle East, during which he strongly stressed the need for de-escalation and return to a cessation of hostilities. In meetings with senior Lebanese officials earlier in the week, Mr. Lacroix highlighted the risk of a wider conflagration and called for maximum restraint and a cessation of the ongoing intensified exchanges of fire across the Blue Line.

UN Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers and mark the 75th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping on Thursday, 25 May. In 1948, the historic decision was made to deploy military observers to the Middle East to supervise the implementation of Israel-Arab Armistice Agreements, in what became the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.

New York, 6 December 2019   Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the United States as well as India, Portugal, Senegal, Uruguay and Vietnam for convening today’s important meeting.  Improving the concrete, measurable impact we have on the ground is our highest priority. It is at the core of everything we are trying to achieve through Action for Peacekeeping.

Session I: Contemporary Issues & Challenges in Modern Peace Operations   Excellencies, His Excellency Vice Foreign Minister, Mr. Robert Mardini, the Permanent Observer of the ICRC to the United Nations, Senior Officers, Ladies and Gentlemen, Distinguished Participants,