UN Chief's Message on International Day of Peacekeepers: The Future of Peacekeeping

Honoring Peacekeepers' Service

• 🕊️ United Nations peacekeepers are honored for their unwavering courage in protecting those in need, preserving peace, and restoring hope in challenging contexts.
• 💔 We remember the more than 4,400 peacekeepers who have died in service, including 57 last year, and commit to carrying their work forward.

Evolving Challenges in Peacekeeping

• 🌍 Peacekeepers face increasingly complex global situations, marked by growing polarization and division.
• ⚠️ Operations are made more dangerous by threats like terrorism, deadly misinformation targeting peacekeepers, and transnational challenges such as the climate crisis and crime.

Adapting Peacekeeping for the Future

• 🤝 The future of peacekeeping requires ensuring peacekeepers have the necessary resources and support, a shared responsibility of the UN and Member States.
• 📈 The Pact for the Future commits to adapting peacekeeping to a changing world by analyzing successful operations, understanding hindrances, and designing future-focused models.
• 🎯 These new models should be anchored in political solutions, adequately resourced, and have achievable mandates with clear exit strategies.

The Need for a Stronger UN and Peacekeeping

• 🚀 The review of peace operations is underway to push this vital effort forward.
• 🌐 The world needs the United Nations, and the UN needs peacekeeping that is fully equipped for today's realities and tomorrow's challenges.