Africa: Experts Urge Technology Boost for UN Peacekeepers in 'Rapidly Evolving, Complex World'

20 February 2015

A group of United Nations experts have urged the Organization's peacekeeping presence to incorporate technological advances into its operations in order to better confront the dynamic challenges of the 21st century, the UN's spokesperson's office said today.

The findings of the five-member Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation, led by peace and security expert Jane Holl Lute, include a number of practical recommendations that call on the UN Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support to keep pace with innovation and to take full advantage of readily available and existing technologies that are considered essential to success in the field.

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