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US Mission to the UN hosts roundtable discussion of UN Panels of Experts and UN Peace Operations
January 28, 2011
On January 28, 2011, the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations hosted a roundtable discussion of the Stimson Center report, UN Panels of Experts and UN Peace Operations, authored by Alix Julia Boucher. The roundtable included the following speakers:
Ms. Boucher, former Research Analyst for the Future of Peace Operations program, and current Research Fellow, Center for Complex Operations at the National Defense University
Christian Dietrich, former Member, United Nations Panels of Experts on Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan
Loraine Rickard-Martin, former Senior Political Affairs Officer, Security Council Affairs Division, Department of Political Affairs, United Nations, and current Partner, Compliance and Capacity International, LLC, and
Because various Security Council resolutions mandate sanctions on conflict-affected countries that also host UN peace operations, those operations and UN Panels of Experts tasked to investigate sanctions implementation clearly have mutually reinforcing objectives. This report works from the assumption that increased cooperation between Panels and peace operations would advance the cause of peace and security in the places where these entities both work. Drawing on research and interviews conducted in Washington, New York, Côte d'Ivoire, DRC, and Liberia, the report examines cooperation between Panels and peace operations in the latter three countries, the potential synergies that cooperation already brings to international peacebuilding efforts in those settings, and the challenges that sanctions present for donors.