Peacekeeping

  • This afternoon (21 December), the Security Council is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution on the financing of African Union (AU)-led peace support operations (AUPSOs), which was authored by the Council’s three African members (Gabon, Ghana, and Mozambique, also...

  • Insights into the evolving discussion on peace operation transitions and examination of some transition cases exploring Security Council practice, analysis of emerging trends, identification of challenges, and drawing of lessons for planning and managing future transitions.

  • Mr. President, Thank you for this opportunity to address the Security Council, on behalf of Security Council Report, on UN Policing in the context of the Secretary-General’s New Agenda for Peace. UN policing is a profoundly valuable tool in the...

  • 13 November 2023

    UN Policing: Heads of Police Components Briefing

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    Tomorrow morning (14 November), the Security Council will hold its annual briefing with the heads of police components of UN peace operations. The expected briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Police Commissioner of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission...

  • The discourse on transitions has recently intensified in response to the changing nature of conflict, underpinned by complex and multifaceted peace, security, and development challenges. A characteristic of current conflicts is their wider regional implications influenced by transnational actors and geopolitical rivalries involving major powers, contributing to their protracted nature.  As well, host countries and communities have grown frustrated with the perceived ineffectiveness of UN peace operations. At times, inflated public expectations and disappointments have been influenced by disinformation campaigns.

  • November 2023

    UN Peacekeeping

    Monthly Forecast

    In November, the Security Council will hold its annual briefing with the heads of police components of UN peace operations. The anticipated briefers are: Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix; Christophe Bizimungu, the Police Commissioner of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA); Christine Fossen, the Police Commissioner of the UN Mission in the South Sudan (UNMISS); Faisal Shahkar, the UN Police Adviser; and Karin Landgren, the Executive Director of Security Council Report.

  • 7 September 2023

    Briefing on UN Peacekeeping Operations

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    This afternoon (7 September), the Security Council will hold its annual meeting on UN peacekeeping pursuant to resolution 2378 of 20 September 2017. This resolution requested the Secretary-General to provide a comprehensive annual briefing on peacekeeping reform every 12 months...

  • September 2023

    UN Peacekeeping

    Monthly Forecast

    In September, the Security Council will hold a briefing on peacekeeping reform pursuant to resolution 2378 of 20 September 2017. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is the anticipated briefer.

  • Tomorrow morning (28 July), the Security Council will receive a briefing on UN peacekeeping from Under-Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the heads of military components of three UN peacekeeping operations: Force Commander of the UN Mission in...

  • By the end of April, the United Nations Secretary-General will publish a report on the financing of African Union (AU)-led peace support operations (AUPSOs).

  • Tomorrow morning (21 December), the Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution on mental health and psychosocial support for personnel of UN peace operations (that is, peacekeeping operations and special political missions), which was initiated by Mexico....

  • 11 November 2022

    UN Policing: Heads of Police Components Briefing

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    On Monday morning (14 November), the Security Council will hold its annual briefing with the heads of police components of UN peace operations. The expected briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix; the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) police...

  • Madame President, Secretary-General, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for inviting me to brief this Council open debate today. Peace operations fit for contemporary times need to devise new approaches that include responsiveness to underlying causes and drivers of conflict. ...

  • November 2022

    UN Peacekeeping 

    Monthly Forecast

    In November, the Security Council will hold a ministerial-level open debate on the theme “Integrating Effective Resilience-Building in Peace Operations for Sustainable Peace”. This is one of the signature events of Ghana’s presidency. Ghanaian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey is expected to chair the meeting. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, AU Commissioner for Political Affairs and Peace and Security Bankole Adeoye, Chair of The Elders Mary Robinson, and Security Council Report Executive Director Karin Landgren are the anticipated briefers. 

  • November 2022

    UN Policing

    Monthly Forecast

    In November, the Security Council will hold its annual briefing with the heads of police components of UN peace operations. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix; the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) police commissioner, Christine Fossen; the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) police commissioner, Mody Berethe; and Emma Birikorang, director at the Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, are the anticipated briefers.