The U.N. peacekeeping chief says that he would not ask Japan to send troops to front-line missions and needs more logistic support in Africa, where most of its personnel are engaged.
Speaking at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Herve Ladsous, the U.N. undersecretary-general for peacekeeping, said Friday that about 90 percent of its peacekeepers are deployed in Africa ¡°in a sort of wide arc of crises that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean right over the Indian Ocean.¡±
Calling its missions in Africa ¡°multidisciplinary,¡± Ladsous said the U.N. peacekeepers need to address a wide range of issues in situations where the security and stability are challenged by ¡°nonstate actors,¡± such as terrorists, extremists, jihadis and ¡°transnationals with connections including to the Islamic State, certainly to al-Qaida.¡±
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