‘Effective Policing Central to Peacekeeping amid Liquidity Crisis’, UN Senior Official Tells Security Council as Budget Cuts Force Hard Choices

(Note: Owing to the financial liquidity crisis affecting the Organization, coverage of today’s Security Council meeting will be available on Friday, 6 February.)

Against the backdrop of budget cuts and a severe liquidity crisis, United Nations peace operations and their police contingents are making hard choices – often in very difficult conditions – to deliver on their mandates, the Security Council heard today in a briefing by senior officers.

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