UN Official urges Security Council to restore trust in peace operations

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UN Official urges Security Council to restore trust in peace operations  A senior United Nations official has called on the Security Council to back peace operations as essential tools of diplomacy, warning that a growing “trust deficit” is hampering conflict resolution efforts across the globe.    READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/30/un-official-urges-security-council-to-restore-trust-in-peace-operations  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00A call to the UN Security Council to rally behind UN peace operations as vital tools for diplomacy.

00:08Martha Amar-Akiyafobi, UN Assistant Secretary General for Africa,

00:13addressed the Council on behalf of the Under-Secretary General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs,

00:19highlighting a growing trust deficit.

00:22She says it's undermining peace efforts.

00:24The trust deficit we see today did not exist with many of our more successful missions in the past.

00:32This rich history must be re-explored in mind.

00:36To be successful, our political missions must be responsive to the needs of their host state or states

00:43and conversely enjoy the support of their host state or states.

00:48The responsibility for achieving political solutions rests with national actors.

00:56UN Chief Antonio Guterres says a full review of peace operations is underway.

01:01It was called for by member states in the Pact for the Future, adopted last September.

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