Top US General Urges Countries to Bolster UN Peacekeeping
07.29.2015 at 10:23pm
Top US General Urges Countries to Bolster UN Peacekeeping – Reuters
The United Nations needs rapid response forces, equipment and training to bolster peacekeeping, the United States' top general said on Tuesday ahead of President Barack Obama's planned summit of world leaders in September to win new commitments.
Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power met with dozens U.N. ambassadors and military advisors in New York at the 69th Regiment Armory.
"The U.N. requires commitments from member nations to provide rapid response forces for emerging crises," he said…
