Corker Calls for Greater Accountability and Effectiveness of UN Peacekeeping Operations

December 9, 2015 - At a hearing today to examine reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations, U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, advocated for greater accountability and effectiveness in peacekeeping missions with an emphasis on preventing instances of abuse by peacekeepers. The committee heard testimony from U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Negroponte, and Dr. Bruce Jones, an expert in international conflict management at the Brookings Institution.