of of of year's

Statement by Lieutenant Colonel Mr. Kyeongjin CHEON, Military Adviser, before the 4th

Committee of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Agenda item 55: Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in

all their aspects.

New York, 27 October 2017

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Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary General Atul Khare the Assistant-Secretary General Alexader Zouev for their comprehensive presentations

delivered at the end of this debate.

I would like to begin by payingtribute to all peacekeepers who are selflessly carrying out so many missions under dire circumstances. I also extend our smcere condolences to

those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

Though there have been significant achievements in our effort to enhance peacekeeping capabilities and efficiencies since last year's debate, we are still facing

numerous challenges that we must overcome.

As illustrated by the large number of over 100,000 UN peacekeepers deployed in various conflict areas, the global demand for peacekeeping is immense. Given the situations in South Sudan, Mali, and Central African Republic, this demand vwll remain high in the

foreseeable fiiture.

The Secretariat has have been taking significant measures to enhance the efficiency of peacekeeping operations. The Republic of Korea fully supports the efforts of the Secretariat, and I would like to highlight three specific points to foster efficiency of

peacekeeping operations.

First, we need to create comprehensive and long-term operational designs of the missions which take local situations into consideration and aim for stable and sustaining

peace of the hostcountry, rather than temporary settlement of disputes.

Many critics have questioned the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping operations seeing the deplorable situations in South Sudan, Mali, and Central African Republic.

However, given the fact tliat successful missions like UNOCI, UNMIL, and MINUSTAH, had operated for 13 to 14 years, and UNMISS, MINUSMA, and MINUSCA are operating

between three to six years, there is no need to be pessimistic about the future of the latter

missions.

We must carefully analyze the lessons learned from the previous successful missions

that have designed long-term plans for the termination of conflict and sustaining peace of the

host countries, and apply them to currently on-going missions.

Second, in line with this long-term design of the missions, achievable mandates should be provided in a sequential manner. Mandates that are too ambitious, to solve extremely complicated problems at once, can revert to frustrations and ultimately hamper the cooperation between the Secretariat, the TCCs, the Security Council, and the host countries.

Therefore, a sufficient communication between the Security Council and the Secretariat is critically important from the outset to drawdown phase of the missions. In addition, a comprehensive communication with the host government and local community are important for more accurate assessment. This communication can help not only to set a feasible mandate but also to implement early action based on early warning. I hope that these points are taken into consideration in the process of peace operations reform.

Third, in order to support successful and efficient implementation of the mandates, member states should contribute the proper tools that the field missions require, such as troops, equipment, training, and technology.

The Secretariat has created a new concept for force generation, namely - PCRS (Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System) to respond quickly to the crises. This new system is expected to be very effective in creating the necessary units in a timely manner, resulting in synergies when member states deploy troops with capable personnel and advanced equipment.

In keeping with the United Nations efforts to strengthening peacekeeping capabilities, the Republic of Korea is endeavoring to diversify its contribution to training, information and communication technology fields. As a part of these efforts, the republic of Korea is hosting Training of Trainers (TOT) course on Protection of Civilian (POC)' in this November, and is developing a real-time mapping technology utilizing smaller tactical UAVs in order to improve the operational effect in cooperation with the Secretariat.

Mr. Chair,

Peacekeeping operations is a flagship activity of the United Nations and we believe it is one of the most effective tool in maintaining intemational peace and security. As a member state that received aid by UN forces several decades ago, the Republic of Korea is fully committed to maintaining intemational peace and security together with peacekeeping operations, and will continue to cooperate with the United Nations and other partners to that end moving forward.

Thank you.