With the United Nations peacekeeping architecture stretched and under increasing stress, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had developed an “ambitious, forward-looking” agenda to better enable it to contain violence, protect civilians and help national actors build peace after conflict, the head of the world body’s peacekeeping operations said today as the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations opened its 2010 substantive session.

The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations is launching a global effort to recruit more women police into its peacekeeping operations, as part of the campaign launched in May 2009 entitled “Power to Empower” that aims to move the ranks of the Organization towards gender equity.

20 March 2009

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Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

211^th Meeting (Night)

18 March 2009

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Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

210^th Meeting (PM)

24 February 2009

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Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

208^th & 209^th Meetings (AM & PM)

23 February 2009

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Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

206^th & 207^th Meetings (AM & PM)

3 July 2008

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Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

205^th Meeting (PM)

concluding 2008 session, special committee on peacekeeping operations

adopts report, elects first ever woman chairperson

 

Members Pay Tribute to Outgoing Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno

6 June 2008

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UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS TELLS UNITED NATIONS

SEMINAR IN TOKYO THAT THOSE WHO WILL MAKE PEACE ARE THOSE WHO MADE WAR

In Day-Long Event, United Nations Public Information Chief Stresses

Challenge of Building Appreciation for Peacekeepers among Local Populations

6 June 2008

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PEACEKEEPING SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN TOKYO WITH PLEDGE BY JAPAN’S GOVERNMENT

TO CONSIDER ENGAGEMENT ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING IN SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN

 

Acknowledges Japan Has ‘Room to Improve Head Count’; UN Peacekeeping Chief

27 May 2008

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United Nations to mark 60 Years of Peacekeeping on 29 May

 

The United Nations will mark the sixtieth anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping on Thursday, 29 May, the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.