- Addressing Explosive Threats (UNMAS)
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
The Secretary-General welcomes the 20th anniversary on 1 March of the entry into force of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention – a Convention that has saved countless lives, stopped mutilation and injury and enabled the…
- Women, Peace and Security (WPS)
- Gender
Remarks to Security Council on Women in Peacekeeping
I welcome this debate on women in peacekeeping as we strive for progress on a key element in the maintenance of international peace and security. With the launch of the Strategy on Gender Parity in 2017, the United Nations…
Remarks by the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations to the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C-34)
Mr. Chair, Distinguished delegates, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Special Committee on our priorities for taking forward Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) commitments in 2019. Since the Secretary-General launched…
- MINUSMA
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on attacks against the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali
The Secretary-General condemns today's attacks against the United Nation's Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali (MINUSMA) in Timbuktu and Tessalit. He is deeply saddened at the death of a Nigerian peacekeeper who…
Fallen Malawian Soldier to be Honoured with UN Peacekeeping’s Highest Award
On Friday, 24 May, Secretary-General António Guterres will award the “Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage” to the late Private Chancy Chitete of Malawi during the International Day of UN Peacekeepers…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Secretary-General to lay wreath in honour of fallen United Nations peacekeepers, as Headquarters observes International Day, 24 May
As New York Headquarters observes the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Friday, 24 May, Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath to honour all fallen peacekeepers and preside over a ceremony for…
Secretary-General's remarks at Captain Diagne Medal Ceremony [as delivered]
The world does not have many true heroes. But the late Private Chancy Chitete, of Malawi was indeed one of them and we unfortunately lost him last year. Private Chitete was serving with MONUSCO -- the UN Organization…
International Day of UN Peacekeepers - Press Conference (24 May 2019)
Press Conference by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
Remarks by Mr. Alexandre Zouev, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) at the Fourth Intersessional Meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Distinguished Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to address the Fourth Intersessional Meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. I would like to start by congratulating the adoption in March 2019 of the…
- Addressing Explosive Threats (UNMAS)
Opening Remarks by Assistant Secretary-General Alexandre Zouev of the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI) at the 22nd International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers
Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to open the 22nd International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers. I would like to start by congratulating the mine action…
Opening remarks by Alexandre Zouev, Assistant Secretary General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, at seminar on UN-EU cooperation in the field of peacekeeping operations and crisis management
Minister Meleșcanu, Ambassadors, distinguished colleagues, I thank Romania for organizing this timely event, taking place in the wake of the biannual UN-EU Steering Committee meeting on Crisis Management and coinciding with…
- Future of Peacekeeping
Remarks of Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping at the International Conference on Preparing Modern Armed Forces for Peacekeeping Operations in the 21st Century
Session I: Contemporary Issues & Challenges in Modern Peace Operations Excellencies, His Excellency Vice Foreign Minister, Mr. Robert Mardini, the Permanent Observer of the ICRC to the United Nations, Senior Officers, Ladies…