It is essential that mandates for peacekeeping operations and important Unite...

It is essential that mandates for peacekeeping operations and important United Nations political missions make specific provisions for the protection of children, the ongoing deployment of child protection advisers and training in the area for contingents and staff, and ensure that we be kept informed on these issues in the Council's consultations on those mandates. In that context, we appreciate the efforts of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations regarding the matter. Based on my country's experience in peacekeeping missions, we have incorporated into the police sections of such missions policewomen from Chile's Carabineros and Policía de Investigaciones, whose experience in the area can contribute concretely to implementing mandates as they relate to the protection of children.