UN / CHIEFS OF POLICE SUMMIT PRESSER

Ahead of the fifth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2026), Peacekeeping Chief Jean‑Pierre Lacroix said budget cuts “have had real impact across the board where it really matters the most” for UN Police. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:02:05
• Production Date: 6 July 2026
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACE OPERATIONS - DPO; UNITED NATIONS POLICE – UNPOL
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; PEACEKEEPERS; POLICE; INTERNATIONAL POLICE
• MAMS Id: 3602145
• Parent Id: 3602145
• Alternate Title: unifeed260706e

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STORY: UN / CHIEFS OF POLICE SUMMIT PRESSER
TRT: 02:05
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 06 JULY 2026, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters

06 JULY 2026, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room dais
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean‑Pierre Lacroix, Under‑Secretary‑General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“An integral part of UN Police work is their partnership with national police services to help build the skills, institutions and confidence needed for host countries to get to take increasing responsibility for their own security. So, the goal of this summit is to ensure that our organization is aligned and prepared to support the nearly 4,500 UN police from 77 countries who serve across our peace operations, while also helping shape how United Nations policing continues to evolve to meet today's increasingly complex security environment.”
4. Wide shot, press room dais
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean‑Pierre Lacroix, Under‑Secretary‑General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“The summit is also an opportunity to enhance our collaboration with national police services, recognizing that today's security challenges increasingly transcend borders and require collective responses.”
6. Wide shot, press room dais
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean‑Pierre Lacroix, Under‑Secretary‑General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“As you know, we had to cut the peacekeeping missions’ capacities as a result of lack of full payment of assessed contributions. And these cuts have had real impact across the board where it really matters the most, including reduced patrols in high-risk areas, longer response times to developing crises, and less opportunities to train and support local police so that they can assume full responsibility when the missions eventually wind down.”
8. Wide shot, press room dais
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Faisal Shahkar, Police Adviser, United Nations:
“At a time of resource constraints, UNCOPS is an opportunity to show why an investment in United Nations Police is an investment in peace. A modern, people centered, rights based, specialized and fit for purpose UN police brings tangible returns for communities, national institutions and international peace and security.”
10. Wide shot, end of presser

Storyline

Ahead of the fifth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2026), Peacekeeping Chief Jean‑Pierre Lacroix today (6 Jul) said budget cuts “have had real impact across the board where it really matters the most” for UN Police.

Lacroix told reporters in New York that “an integral part of UN Police work is their partnership with national police services to help build the skills, institutions and confidence needed for host countries to get to take increasing responsibility for their own security. “

He said the goal of the Summit “is to ensure that our organization is aligned and prepared to support the nearly 4,500 UN police from 77 countries who serve across our peace operations, while also helping shape how United Nations policing continues to evolve to meet today's increasingly complex security environment.”

Lacroix said the Summit was also “an opportunity to enhance our collaboration with national police services, recognizing that today's security challenges increasingly transcend borders and require collective responses.”

He noted that peacekeeping missions had to reduce their capacities “as a result of lack of full payment of assessed contributions,” including “reduced patrols in high-risk areas, longer response times to developing crises, and less opportunities to train and support local police so that they can assume full responsibility when the missions eventually wind down.”

For his part UN Police Adviser Faisal Shahkar said, “at a time of resource constraints, UNCOPS is an opportunity to show why an investment in United Nations Police is an investment in peace. A modern, people centered, rights based, specialized and fit for purpose UN police brings tangible returns for communities, national institutions and international peace and security.”

UNCOPS 2026 will bring together ministers, chiefs of police and senior representatives of regional and professional policing organizations to United Nations Headquarters from 7 to 8 July 2026 to engage on strengthening international peace, security, and development for all through the unifying power and enabling role of national and United Nations policing.