Rwanda to Host an International Conference On the Protection of Civilians in Peacekeeping Operations

As an active and committed contributor to peacekeeping efforts around the world, the Government of Rwanda is organising the Kigali International Conference on the Protection of Civilians from 28-29 May 2015. The forum brings together most of the top 30 UN troop contributing countries, the ten financial contributing countries and Rwandan institutions to evaluate and discuss how to effectively implement the Protection of Civilians mandate in peacekeeping.

The conference is a follow-up to the High-level Summit on Peacekeeping Operations, co-hosted by the US, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Japan, which was held in September 2014 on the margins of the 69th general debate of the UN General Assembly in New York. Rwanda's goal is that the conference will pave the way to the effective protection of civilians in armed conflicts.

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