{"id":4400,"date":"2015-09-29T09:57:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T09:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulkagame.com\/_test_&#038;web\/?p=4400"},"modified":"2017-07-15T10:19:13","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T10:19:13","slug":"president-kagame-s-remarks-at-leaders-summit-on-peacekeeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/?p=4400","title":{"rendered":"President Kagame&#8217;s Remarks at Leaders&#8217; Summit on Peacekeeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>New York, 28 September 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to begin by expressing appreciation for the timely initiative shown by the United States, to focus attention on effective peacekeeping in line with the Report of the High-Level Independent Panel and the Secretary-General\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Let me emphasize a few key points:<\/p>\n<p>First, all of us, including those seemingly with limited resources and\/or capacities, have meaningful contributions to make, whether it is funding, equipment, or forces. The important thing is to cooperate and be able to fully prepare for any mission.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, I am pleased to announce that Rwanda will contribute two additional infantry battalions, total strength of 1600 troops, two attack helicopters and a Level Two Hospital. <a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>Rwanda is also ready to deploy an all-female police unit to meet the increasing demand for female peacekeepers.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, effective peacekeeping requires clear mandates and shared norms as detailed in the Kigali Principles on the Protection of Civilians, which many here-present have endorsed, hopefully with others to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The third point, is that peacekeepers must not compound the problems on the ground, as evidence has shown with the surge of different forms of abuse, pointing to a deeper culture of impunity.<\/p>\n<p>Accountability has to be swift both at the national and international levels, because everything is going to be conveyed by the conduct of forces.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda has been on both sides of the equation. Without a relationship of trust between the protector and the protected, peacekeeping loses its meaning and relevance.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson for us is that earning and keeping that trust, and inspiring confidence, has to be the priority.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, 28 September 2015 I want to begin by expressing appreciation for the timely initiative shown by the United States, to focus attention on effective peacekeeping in line with the Report of the High-Level Independent Panel and the Secretary-General\u2019s recommendations. Let me emphasize a few key points: First, all of us, including those seemingly with limited resources and\/or capacities, have meaningful contributions to make, whether it is funding, equipment, or forces. The important thing is to cooperate and be&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speech"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6402,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4400\/revisions\/6402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulkagame.rw\/2025\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}