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UN Security Council adopts peacekeeper accountability resolution

6/24/2026

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Guterres Pushes Accountability

The resolution authorizes Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to present accountability options to the Council within 120 days.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution on June 23, 2026 to strengthen accountability for crimes against peacekeepers.
Pakistan and Denmark sponsored the resolution, co-signed by over 150 UN member states.
Since 1948, 1,095 peacekeepers have been killed in malicious acts, including 359 since 2013.

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UN Creates Coordinator

The resolution creates a senior United Nations focal point to coordinate investigations of crimes against peacekeepers globally.
Denmark and Pakistan drafted the resolution, which 152 nations co-sponsored and the UN Security Council adopted unanimously.
It urges host states to promptly investigate and prosecute all attacks on UN personnel.
Troop- and police-contributing nations must send investigators on host-state request and file annual progress reports regularly.

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Historical Context

After the UN Security Council created the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on 25 May 1993, the ICTY indicted 161 individuals before its closure in 2017 and transferred its remaining duties to the IRMCT. The UN now seeks a dedicated mechanism to investigate peacekeeper attacks, echoing the ad-hoc tribunal’s precedent.

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Guterres Pushes Accountability

The resolution authorizes Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to present accountability options to the Council within 120 days.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted the resolution on June 23, 2026 to strengthen accountability for crimes against peacekeepers.
Pakistan and Denmark sponsored the resolution, co-signed by over 150 UN member states.
Since 1948, 1,095 peacekeepers have been killed in malicious acts, including 359 since 2013.

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