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- Barbara Crossette
- • August 21, 2017
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Haunted by accumulating reports of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls by United Nations peacekeepers and others attached to UN missions around the world, Secretary-General António Guterres is taking the bold, unprecedented step of asking all governments…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Gender Violence, General Assembly, Secretary-General, UN Peacekeeping, Women
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- Helmut Volger
- • December 28, 2015
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For many people in the world, the United Nations is often associated with peacekeeping, one of the most visible activities of the world body in its efforts to maintain international peace and security. Peacekeeping was created in the late…
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 28, 2015
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Monday marked another memorable day for the United Nations, drawing a record number of international leaders for the opening of the General Assembly, but it took an altogether different tone than Friday’s welcome for Pope Francis. On Friday, at…
- Categories: General Assembly, UN Peacekeeping
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 2, 2015
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United Nations peacekeeping needs new kinds of tools and troops to counter the demands posed by forces waging catastrophic wars beyond the control of governments and without even a semblance of adherence to the most rudimentary ethical rules of…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, UN Peacekeeping, US-UN Relations
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- Barbara Crossette
- • November 11, 2014
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By the time United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named a panel in October to review peacekeeping comprehensively for the first time in more than 14 years, innovations in technology and intelligence-gathering to make UN missions more effective had already…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security, UN Agencies, UN Peacekeeping
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 3, 2013
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The new United Nations peacekeeping mission to be activated on July 1 in Mali will have not only a huge contingent of West African soldiers, who are training there right now, but could also have on board Brazilians, Chinese…
- Categories: Africa, Peace and Security
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