
Rwanda's Paul Kagame denounces UN force in DR Congo
BBC News
Rwandan President Paul Kagame says the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has "in some cases" made the situation worse. In an interview with the BBC, he said any military effort to bring peace to DR Congo needed to be ...

UN chief appoints former Dutch minister to head Mali mission
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed former Dutch development minister Albert Gerard Koenders as U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country. Ban said Aichatou Mindaoudou Souleymane ...

After Afghanistan, Estonia May Divert Soldiers to UN Missions
ERR News
Estonia could become more active in UN peacekeeping missions after pulling out of Afghanistan in 2014, Mikk Marran, an undersecretary for the Ministry of Defense, has said. Marran and the UN's Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve ...

UN chief appoints head of peacekeeping mission in Mali
UN News Centre
17 May 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Albert Gerard Koenders of the Netherlands as the head of the recently approved United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali. Mr. Koenders will serve as Mr. Ban's Special Representative in ...