CSIS hosted Jean-Marie Guéhenno, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for a discusssion on the future of UN peacekeeping. Johanna Mendelson Forman, CSIS Senior Associate, introduced Mr. Guéhenno. UN peacekeeping is today the flagship enterprise of the United Nations and has become a central element of the international community's response to complex emergencies. During his eight year tenure as chief of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Guéhenno has seen the number of deployed UN troops double to over 100,000 with an annual budget of around $7.5 billion in order to protect vulnerable populations and help local communities transition from a post-conflict to a development environment.
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