Some members states have always problems with the expansion of the peacekeeping operation and you have to find the right balance in order to get a consensus.
Quotes about peacekeeping (16 Quotes)
The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace.
Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations have raised the suspicions of many Members of Congress and members of the International Relations Committee.
We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.
welcomed their role in peacekeeping and encouraged them to take on whatever role they were prepared to assume in international affairs.
The war will only be over when the last armed units have been withdrawn, when the peacekeeping force has been deployed and has brought the situation in Kosovo under control so that the U. N. Security Council resolution can take effect,
In our view, qualified nations should meet criteria in the following areas size of economy and population military capacity contributions to peacekeeping operations, commitment to democracy and human rights financial contributions to the United Nations nonproliferation and counterterrorism records, and equitable geographic balance,
The transfer of a Russian aircraft group to Sudan to join the peacekeeping operation under the auspices of the UN will begin in three days.
We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.
It is in the African Union's interest to prove its ability to carry out its first peacekeeping operation. Its withdrawal would not send a positive message.
We would have liked to see a peacekeeping force stood up yesterday. But there's a lot of moving parts to this. It is important to bring on as many people as possible. And that's got to take time.
The return of this many people is a truly remarkable achievement. It is a clear demonstration of the progress made in the Liberian peace process and is a testament to the joint efforts of UN humanitarian agencies backed up by a successful UN peacekeeping operation.
These are countries that are starting, together, themselves to identify as a region, as the Central American region. The Central American Free Trade Agreement is one example. Countries in that region, for example, have contributed troops to Iraq, and they've contributed at least a commitment to work on maybe joint peacekeeping activities, things of that nature. So, it's developing an identity as a component of the inter-American system and I think the Secretary would very much like to strengthen that.
Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.
I congratulate the people of Mongolia, the government and the armed forces of Mongolia for selecting that (peacekeeping) as a principle aspect of their military focus, and certainly the United States is anxious and willing and ready to be of assistance,
I'm afraid that if we don't have some peacekeeping forces here that the intimidation and the level of violence might increase to the point where the election could be in jeopardy. And we cannot let that happen,