Daily Archives: November 15, 2017

Alison Giffen Addresses 2017 Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial

Blog, RemarksBy Alison Giffen November 15, 2017

On Nov 15, CIVIC’s Peacekeeping Director, Alison Giffen, was one of two civil society representatives invited to speak at the 2017 Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial, hosted by the Canadian Ministry of Defence.

Can More Peacekeepers Protect Civilians in the Central African Republic?

BlogBy Evan Cinq-Mars November 15, 2017

The Security Council will vote today to renew the mandate and provide a needed boost of 900 additional troops to the beleaguered UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR). The neglected five-year war in CAR has taken a deadly turn for the worse in 2017, resulting in the killing of civilians, humanitarians…