UN Peacekeeping: A Conversation with the Military Advisor to the UN Department of Peace Operations

General Birame Diop is the Military Advisor to the Department of Peace Operations at the United Nations. General Diop has over 30 years of military experience, previously serving as Chief of the Defence Staff of the Senegalese Armed Forces. He has also served as National Security Advisor to the President of Senegal and Air Force Chief of Staff. He has also served as Deputy and Chief Air operations with United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) from 2002 to 2003. General Diop is a graduate of the Royal Air Academy in Morocco, of the Air University in the United States of America, and from the French War College.