This is an interview, undertaken at the end of September 2011 between Global Policy Forum associate Catherine Defontaine and Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former Under-Secretary General of UN Peacekeeping Operations (2000-2008). He was the longest-serving head of that UN Department. During his tenure, peacekeeping personnel grew to 130,000 in 18 missions, the largest expansion of peacekeeping in UN history. Jean-Marie Guéhenno is currently professor at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs. In this interview, Jean-Marie Guéhenno discusses his experience at DPKO and the future of Peacekeeping operations.
By Catherine Defontaine
October, 2011
Jean-Marie Guéhenno discusses the evolution of Peacekeeping operations since the end of the Cold War.
Jean-Marie Guéhenno discusses peacekeeping, its politics and current challenges.
Jean-Marie Guéhenno opens the debate on the future of Peacekeeping.