Guest lecture from the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix

We were honoured to host United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, at the Oxford Museum of Natural History on Thursday 18 June. In his public lecture, Mr Lacroix spoke about the future of peacekeeping in a fragmented world.

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The Difficult Journey of Peace: Watch the lecture

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An interview at DPIR with the Under-Secretary General

 

Earlier in the day Jean-Pierre Lacroix also visited the Department to speak to us about the programme and his hopes and aspirations for its global impact: 

Listen to Jean-Pierre Lacroix explain the main aims of the UN’s peacekeeping operations.