U.S. Department of State
Brian Hook
Before assuming his current position, Brian Hook was a senior advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, serving as a. lead negotiator on Security Council resolutions imposing multilateral sanctions on Iran, Sudan, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban. The following statement is from a July 23, 2008, hearing on UN Peacekeeping: Operations and Challenges before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations’ Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Democracy, and Human Rights United Nations peacekeeping serves the United States’national interest. While we have a stake in the outcome of events in virtuallyevery region of the world, there are many conflicts in…
