Security Council
Advancing adaptability in United Nations peace operations: responding to new realities - Security Council, 9884th meeting
The Security Council high-level open debate under the item entitled "Maintenance of international peace and security" will be chaired by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen. With an opening statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres. It is timely for the Security Council to advance fresh thinking on how to ensure adaptability and smoother transitions between phases of United Nations peace operations, including within the life of such peace operations, across the full peace continuum, to better respond to both existing needs and new realities. Member States are invited to provide a forward-looking vision for how the Security Council can support more adaptable approaches to United Nations peace operations. Member States are encouraged to reflect on lessons learned from past peace operations to chart a path forward towards a more agile, responsive and effective United Nations approach to today's threats to peace and security. Presidency: His Excellency Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark Briefer: His Excellency António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations Briefer: Ms. Jenna Russo, Director of Research, International Peace Institute and Head, Brian Urquhart Center for Peace Operations Statement: His Excellency Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Denmark Statement: His Excellency Javier Martínez-Acha Vásquez, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Panama Statement: Her Excellency Insun Kang, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea Statement: His Excellency Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Pakistan Statements: Greece, Slovenia, United States of America, Guyana, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, France, Russian Federation, Somalia, China, Sierra Leone, Algeria Statement: Her Excellency Beate Meinl-Reisinger, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs, Austria Statement: His Excellency Jiří Kozák, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Czechia Statement: Kazakhstan Statement: His Excellency Zane Dangor, Director-General, South Africa Statements: Indonesia, Türkiye, Egypt, Switzerland, Ecuador Statement: Latvia (on behalf of: Nordic-Baltic countries) The meeting was suspended.