Africa: Strengthening UN Peacekeeping Tops Agenda As Chiefs of Defence Meet in New York

7 July 2017

In the ongoing effort to improve the overall performance of United Nations peacekeeping missions, the heads of the armed forces of around 100 countries met at UN Headquarters in New York today to discuss issues such as rapid deployment, training, increasing the number of female peacekeepers, and conduct and discipline.

"Our partnership has never been more important. Across the globe, armed conflict scars countless civilians and destabilizes entire regions," Secretary-General António Guterres told participants at the Chiefs of Defence Conference, via a video message.

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