Presenter urges UN Security Council to 'reset' peacekeeping with five priorities

Presenter (speaker 1) opened the Security Council review by thanking the French presidency and arguing that peacekeeping works best when the Council is united and when political strategies precede deployments. He said the review called for a reset to match mandates to changing conflict dynamics.

"Peacekeeping operations should be deployed only when a peace agreement or at least a robust ceasefire is in place," Presenter (speaker 1) said, warning that "we cannot keep peace where there is no peace to keep." The speaker urged the Council to use the Charter, including Chapter VI, to investigate disputes early and build shared factual understanding as a foundation for shared action.

The speaker summarized five overarching priorities — peacemaking, host-state partnership, mandate adaptability, resourcing and working as a network — and urged the Secretariat and members to implement them while maintaining unity. He framed the reset as necessary because "the ground has shifted" while many mandates have not.