在接受法国24电视台采访时，联合国维和行动负责人让-皮埃尔·拉克鲁瓦表示，尽管美国拖欠了30亿美元的维和费用，但它仍然是“非常重要的合作伙伴”。
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.
由于联合国被迫削减了约25%的维和能力，拉克鲁瓦为这些仅占全球军费开支0.2%的维和任务进行了辩护，称“维和行动确实是一笔划算的交易”。
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."
在纽约联合国总部接受采访时，拉克鲁瓦坚称，尽管华盛顿拖欠了30亿美元的过往会费，且国会尚未决定未来的资金拨付，但美国“过去、现在和将来都是维和行动的关键伙伴”。
Speaking to FRANCE 24 at UN headquarters in New York, Lacroix insisted the US "is and will be and has been a critical partner to peacekeeping", despite Washington owing $3 billion in past dues and Congress yet to decide on future funding.
他没有做出任何预测，只是简单地说：“我希望这种情况能够持续下去。”
He stopped short of any prediction, saying simply: "I'm hopeful that this will continue to be the case."
然而，拉克鲁瓦承认，“财务限制，尤其是去年的限制，导致我们削减了约25%的维和能力”。
Lacroix acknowledged, however, that "the financial constraints, especially last year, have led us to cut about 25 percent of our capacity".
对于那些认为维和行动过于昂贵的人，拉克鲁瓦指出，其今年的总成本仅为“全球军费开支的0.2%”。
To those who find peacekeeping too expensive, Lacroix pointed out that its total cost this year will be "0.2 percent of military expenditures in the world".
他表示，他所要求的仅仅是“与安理会赋予我们的任务相称的”资源，并警告说，过早撤离任务对当地民众来说是“非常糟糕的消息”，正如在马里、海地和达尔富尔所看到的那样。
He said he is asking only for resources "that would be commensurate to the mandates that are given to us by the Security Council", warning that missions leaving too early are "very bad news for the population", as seen in Mali, Haiti and Darfur.
由于联合国驻黎巴嫩临时部队（联黎部队）的维和任务将于今年年底结束，应黎巴嫩当局的要求，联合国已向安理会提交了一份关于在黎巴嫩继续保持存在的方案，但这一举动遭到了以色列的反对。拉克鲁瓦说：“重点是黎巴嫩需要国际支持。”
With UNIFIL, the UN's peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, due to shut down at the end of the year, the UN has submitted to the Security Council an option for a continued presence in Lebanon, at the request of the Lebanese authorities – a move opposed by Israel. "The main point is that Lebanon needs international support," Lacroix said.