UN peacekeeping officials arrive in Manila

HIGH-RANKING officials from the United Nations (UN) arrived in Manila on Wednesday to discuss the country’s participation in the agency’s peacekeeping operations in various strife-torn areas around the world.

Lt. Gen. Babacar Gaye, military adviser of the UN Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Col. Sergio Filippi, chief of Current Military Operations of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) met with representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).