UN Peacekeeping
During a phone call with UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNIFIL Lt. Gen. Aroldo Lázaro, Nawaf said he had directed the Lebanese interior minister to take immediate action to identify the assailants, arrest them, and refer them to the judicial body.
The Egyptian peacekeepers, part of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were killed as their armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device near Douentza town in central Mali’s Mopti region, the UN says.
The African Peace and Security Council unanimously adopted the "Cairo Road Map to Strengthen UN Peacekeeping Operations" document.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the attacks, offering his condolences to the peoples and governments of Egypt and Mali, according to a statement from the UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
