And the Chiefs of Defence
conference organized by the Department of Peace Operations, wrapped up at UNHQ
yesterday. Senior military officials from more than 115 countries and
organizations, including 56 chiefs of defence, participated in this biennial
event in support of peacekeeping.
The focus
of this year’s conference, “generating capabilities to meet
high-performance peacekeeping requirements”, contributes to the implementation
of the Secretary-General’s Action for Peacekeeping initiative. Speaking at the
opening yesterday, the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations,
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, underlined that, as our
operations face the challenges of implementing their mandates in complex
environments, we owe our peacekeepers the very best capabilities that we can
provide, may it be in leadership, training or equipment.
Through the day, the
chiefs of defense reaffirmed their strong support and commitment to
peacekeeping.