Quotes About Peacekeeping

I don't know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war.

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.

Again, we saw in Bosnia - we had U.N. peacekeepers tied to trees, being taken hostage. The fact is they don't have the type of deliberate and authoritative rule that I think is needed to get the job done.

I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation building.

National Defense is not a threat to peace; it is the guarantee of peace with freedom.

Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.

The Janjaweed is a truly unfettered bully. No one has stood up to them. If they were met by a mobile quick reaction force of African Union soldiers, the Janjaweed would quickly learn their habits were not sustainable.

As one of the leading troop-contributing countries, Ethiopia attaches great importance to strengthening the role of United Nations peacekeeping to address challenges to international peace and security.

We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.

One of the enduring mysteries of America's occupation of Iraq is why a nation that so little relishes peacekeeping nonetheless refuses to turn the job over to the United Nations.

It is a sad but undeniable reality that people have died in the line of duty since the earliest days of the United Nations. The first was Ole Bakke, a Norwegian member of the United Nations guard detachment, shot and killed in Palestine in 1948. The toll since then has included colleagues at all levels.

Ranger keeps small Third World countries secure.

I think that my darkest moment was the Iraq war and the fact that we could not stop it.

Up to a certain extent the UN soldiers are useful. But they are consuming a lot of resources in relation to the little work they are doing.

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.

To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience.

We think that Kosovo will continue to serve as a centre of violence and regional instability in future.

True peacekeeping is about properly processing the emotions before they get stuffed and rot into something horribly toxic.

Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

the war metaphor is misleading, incomplete—even arguably dead wrong. Your immune system isn't a war machine. It's a peacekeeping force that more than anything else seeks to create harmony.