Overview

• The two-day UN Peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin has convened representatives from more than 130 countries to address the future of Blue Helmet missions.
• Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called for reforms to make peacekeeping missions smaller, more effective, and locally accepted.
• Germany has pledged to maintain its current level of political and financial support for UN peacekeeping, even as potential US funding cuts loom.
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres is participating in discussions, which include funding, digital innovation, and countering disinformation in operations.
• Germany currently contributes approximately 300 troops, police, and civilian experts to several UN missions, including in Lebanon, South Sudan, and Western Sahara.