Mr. Annan, who was then head of United Nations peacekeeping, said, "I believed at the time I was doing my best, but I realized after the genocide that there was more that I could and should have done to sound the alarm and rally support".
The peacekeeping mission I lead has pushed against the tide of special interests.
"Make it an area refugees could come back to, protected by a peacekeeping force – I'm sure Assad and Russia would not start attacking any Americans that were there".
"The idea of having monitors — what you call peacekeeping troops, I wouldn't call them that — but European controllers, monitors, facilitators, yes, yes and yes," Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner of France told reporters at the start of the meeting.
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Re "A Nation-Builder Slain" (editorial, Aug. 20): I had the honor to serve under Sergio Vieira de Mello in East Timor as part of the United Nations peacekeeping forces, and I met him on a number of occasions.
In the future, countries might act differently in peacekeeping missions and I hope the lives of other people in the future will be saved because this mistake was admitted".
"I want to be a MINUSTAH [UN peacekeeping] soldier, so I can keep my parents safe," says Jean-Rene.
Number two, I would convene a security conference, and I would invite Iran and Syria... we have to have an international peacekeeping effort... thirdly, I would have a donor conference.
Asked whether he thought Britain's military presence was marginalizing the United Nations peacekeeping force, Mr. Adeniji said: "I don't think that is true.
