Peacekeeping Quotes

I think what`s happening in Sierra Leone is a crisis for that country, of course, but it`s also a crisis for peacekeeping for the United Nations.

We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.

Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations have raised the suspicions of many Members of Congress and members of the International Relations Committee.

I am happy that sub-regional organizations are involved in preventing, managing and solving conflicts, as well as in peacekeeping missions.