United Nations bemoans struggles to fund peacekeeping as nations demand withdrawal of missions
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FILE - UN soldiers stand guard in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Nov. 30, 2012. The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts is under resourced as its $5.5 billion budget for worldwide operations is less than the New York Police Department's $6.1 billion budget, even though it has 30,000 more personnel, the UN Under-Secretary General, Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 at a two-day UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in Accra, Ghana. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, speaks at the UN Peacekeeping ministerial meeting at the Accra International Conference Center in Ghana on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts is under resourced as its $5.5 billion budget for worldwide operations is less than the New York Police Department's $6.1 billion budget, even though it has 30,000 more personnel, according to Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary General, Peace operations. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary General, Peace operations speaks at the UN Peacekeeping ministerial meeting at the Accra international conference center in Ghana, on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. Lacroix said that The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts is under resourced as its $5.5 billion budget for worldwide operations is less than the New York Police Department's $6.1 billion budget, even though it has 30,000 more personnel. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)FILE - Nepalese UN peacekeepers try to contain Liberian men, some of whom have lined up for two days to register for the new Liberian Army in Monrovia, Liberia, on Jan. 19, 2006. The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts is under resourced as its $5.5 billion budget for worldwide operations is less than the New York Police Department's $6.1 billion budget, even though it has 30,000 more personnel, the UN Under-Secretary General, Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 at a two-day UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in Accra, Ghana. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)FILE - A Congolese government soldier (FARDC) stands guard by a UN truck at the Kibati checkpoint north of Goma, eastern Congo, on Nov. 23, 2008. The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts is under resourced as its $5.5 billion budget for worldwide operations is less than the New York Police Department's $6.1 billion budget, even though it has 30,000 more personnel, the UN Under-Secretary General, Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 at a two-day UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in Accra, Ghana. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)FILE - A French UN peacekeeper sits atop a light tank, its canon pointing towards Serbs lines from a hilltop overlooking Sarajevo, on May 28, 1995. The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts is under resourced as its $5.5 billion budget for worldwide operations is less than the New York Police Department's $6.1 billion budget, even though it has 30,000 more personnel, the UN Under-Secretary General, Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 at a two-day UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in Accra, Ghana. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
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FILE - UN soldiers stand guard in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Nov. 30, 2012. The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts is under resourced as its $5.5 billion budget for worldwide operations is less than the New York Police Department's $6.1 billion budget, even though it has 30,000 more personnel, the UN Under-Secretary General, Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 at a two-day UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in Accra, Ghana. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)