UN, Canada in talks on new deployment

Asenior UN official says UN staff are in talks with Canadian counterparts about when, where and how Canadian military personnel and equipment will be employed on peacekeeping missions.

But Jean-Pierre Lacroix, undersecretary general of UN peacekeeping operations, said no final decisions have been made.

It was widely expected that the Liberals would announce their plans at a major peacekeeping summit in Vancouver this week, with options including sending helicopters to Mali and a transport plane to Uganda.

But Lacroix’s comments indicate that more than a year after a promise of up to 600 troops and 150 police officers for peacekeeping, Canada’s contribution appears to be very much a work in progress.