"JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX"

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said that the security situation in Mali and in the Sahel region as a whole is deteriorating at an alarming rate, adding that there has been “an increase in improvised explosive device attacks against our convoys.” UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Secretary-General António Guterres said United Nations peacekeepers “represent the last, best hope for millions of people around the world” and highlighted his Action for Peacekeeping initiative, launched in March last year, as the organization’s response to the challenges peacekeepers face. UNIFEED

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

In a visit to North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said the attacks on UN peacekeeping and humanitarian workers in the country were “not spontaneous”, rather they had been “premeditated, organized, funded and there must be no impunity.” MONUSCO

United Nations police help provide stability, fill voids, preserve gains, says Under-Secretary-General, briefing Security Council on peacekeeping operations at 8661st meeting.

Peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that while “the overall number of peacekeepers have decreased over the last years,” peacekeeping missions “are increasingly faced with challenges that call for a response which UN Police (UNPOL) is particularly well placed to provide.” UNIFEED

Award Ceremony: 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year