{
  "id": 11198489,
  "title": "US continues to be 'a very significant partner', UN peacekeeping chief says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/us-continues-to-be-a-very-significant-partner-un-peacekeeping-chief",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T13:14:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20261001-the-us-continue-to-be-a-very-significant-partner-un-peacekeeping-chief"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In an interview with FRANCE 24, UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said the US continues to be \"a very significant partner\", despite owing $3 billion to peacekeeping. With the UN forced to cut about 25 percent of its capacity, Lacroix defended missions that cost just 0.2 percent of global military spending: \"Peacekeeping is a good deal really.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}