National Defence committee  May I go to the definitions?

National Defence committee  Yes, so the UN thought. If we talk about peacekeeping, there is a presumption of a peace to keep and there is a presumption of interpositionary forces that are lightly armed. Peacemaking, on the other hand, assumes that there has been difficulty in having everybody around the ta

National Defence committee  I would suggest, sir, that the traditional role of peacekeeping is maybe a pipedream.

National Defence committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you on this important topic. I would like to begin with a few comments based on my work on behalf of the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre, hereafter PPC. I look forward to our subsequent dialogue. The PPC is a non-governmental