New York (U.N.), December 13, 2012 (MAP)
Morocco’s Ambassador to the UN, Mohamed Loulichki, called, Wednesday in New York, for boosting cooperation among Peacekeeping Operations (PKO).
Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Peace Keeping Operations, Loulichki underlined the increased complexity of global peacekeeping carried out by the United Nations, which frequently requires rapidly deployable military reserves.
Commenting on the benefits of inter-mission cooperation, Loulichki, who chairs the Security Council for the month of December, said they could add value in many complex areas, such as civilian protection.
The Moroccan diplomat said that inter-mission cooperation was a provisional solution to fill urgent gaps in personnel and materiel, adding that, even if it was an ad hoc solution, planning ahead of such cooperation was needed.
Another factor that contributed to success, he noted, included close cooperation between the missions, troop contributors and host countries.
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous reiterated the need to explore the setting up of a light, flexible framework for cooperation, which would allow the Security Council and troop- and police-contributing countries to plan for inter-mission cooperation on a contingency basis.
He said cooperation had been stepped up recently due to the recurrent gap in critical equipment, such as helicopter and other military equipment, and budgets constraints.
For her part, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, Ameerah Haq said peacekeeping should not be seen as a series of independent missions but as a global enterprise with which the United Nations can leverage its presence and bring about efficiency gains and synergies for the benefit of missions and their personnel.
