On the occasion of the International Day of Blue Helmets, franceinfo junior welcomes André-Michel Essoungou, political advisor to the UN peacekeeping department.
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For 76 years, Blue Helmets have worked to maintain peace. To find out more about them, CM2 students from the Jean de la Fontaine school in Cosnes-et-Romain in Meurthe-et-Moselle, question André-Michel Essoungou, political advisor to the Peacekeeping Department of the ‘UN.
To start the show, Julia first wants to know “what are peacekeepers”. Loan wants to know “who is the leader of the peacekeepers”.
A new question from Hector: have the peacekeepers already “wages a war”.
“Have they ever come to France to fight wars?” Rafael questions in turn.
Julia wants to know if there was “many deaths among the peacekeepers”.
Finally, Mathis wants to know if they are paid well to do their job.
On this page, listen again to this Franceinfo junior program on the Blue Helmets.
