Jean-Pierre Lacroix
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations since 2017; a French career diplomat.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the UN's peacekeeping chief, met Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut on 14 October 2026 as UNIFIL winds down before its mandate ends on 31 December.
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Jean-Pierre Lacroix met Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut on 14 October 2026 as UNIFIL, the UN force in South Lebanon, winds down before its mandate ends on 31 December. He urged the Security Council to begin talks on the mission's future and said "there is a need for a third party to de-escalate" between Israeli and Lebanese troops.
Lacroix has been Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations since 1 April 2017, which puts UNIFIL under his department. Born in 1960, he is a French career diplomat who served as ambassador to Sweden and as France's deputy permanent representative to the UN in New York.
The Security Council has ordered UNIFIL to begin withdrawing at the end of 2026, and no successor presence has been agreed. His Beirut visit set out the choice the Council faces before that deadline.
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