UN Struggles to Fund Peacekeeping as Nations Demand End to Missions

FILE - UN soldiers stand guard in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Nov. 30, 2012. FILE - A Congolese government soldier (FARDC) stands guard by a UN truck at the Kibati checkpoint north of Goma, eastern Congo, on Nov. 23, 2008.

The United Nations' top peacekeeping official defended the organization's missions worldwide as concerns grow that they've gone into retreat as African leaders demand their withdrawal from Mali to Congo.