Written answers

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Department of Foreign Affairs

Overseas Missions

6:00 pm

Photo of Lucinda CreightonLucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of any involvement the Irish Government has had regarding the Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations or Brahimi Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42262/10]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Report of the Panel on United Nations Peace Operations, also known as the "Brahimi Report", which was published in 2000, charted a renewed vision for UN peacekeeping that helped make peacekeeping stronger, more effective and comparatively cost-efficient. It addressed many challenges and set down principles which remain central to modern peacekeeping today. In the intervening years, there has been an ongoing dialogue on the future perspectives for peacekeeping. Ireland has been an active participant in these discussions. In addition, Ireland has continued to support international peacekeeping and crisis management through its participation in the field. In 2009 the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations and Department of Field Support published a paper setting out the "New Horizon" Initiative, which outlined the complex and evolving nature of demands placed on UN peacekeeping and the steps required to strengthen peacekeeping to meet emerging challenges. The first "Progress Report of the New Horizon Initiative" was discussed at the General Assembly's Fourth Committee on 22 October 2010. Along with our European Union partners, Ireland expressed support for the ongoing reform process. Ireland is strongly supportive of the UN's role in peacekeeping and is anxious that this be conducted as effectively and efficiently as possible. For that reason we will continue to play an active part, along with our European Union partners, in discussions within the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping and the General Assembly's Fourth Committee. In May 2010, building on their extensive experience of peacekeeping operations, Ireland and Finland organised a seminar on "Modern Challenges in Peace Operations". This event was attended by a senior official with the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and other high level experts. Further information on the event is available on the Department's website at: http://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=311

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