Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations on the occasion of International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2026.



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Watch Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations on the occasion of International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2026!



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