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<p>The UK is providing a leading voice on strengthening UN peacekeeping including
through its permanent seat in the UN Security Council.</p><p> </p><p>In September
2016, we hosted the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in London, with 74 nations
and international organisations, and launched the UN reform agenda based on the '3Ps':
better mission planning, increasing the number of meaningful pledges of troops and
equipment, and improving the performance on the ground. It was a major peacekeeping
conference, which secured 30 new pledges of troops and equipment, including for rapid
response, and a reform-focused communiqué signed by 63 countries. The UK continues
to drive forward this reform agenda with senior UN officials, Member States, and the
UN Security Council.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Canadian hosts
of the 2017 Defence Ministerial, which will maintain a focus on strengthening UN peacekeeping
through reform, matching UN capability needs with pledges, innovation in training,
protecting the vulnerable, and improved early warning mechanisms. The UK also seeks
to strengthen UN peacekeeping through deploying our own troops on UN peacekeeping
missions, and by using our operational experience to inform UN reform policy discussions
in New York.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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