Training for Peacekeeping: The United Nations’ Role
July 01, 1994
Stimson Report 12
This report surveyed national training programs for peacekeeping, analyzed four decades of UN peacekeeping casualty data, and concluded that better training could make UN operations both more effective and safer. The report's recommendations for a pilot mobile training team concept, and for regional conferences at which peacekeepers could meet and learn from one another's experiences, were implemented by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
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March 01, 2009
The Purposes of Peace Operations
Fifteen years ago, peacekeeping was doctrinally and operationally segregated from war-fighting by major powers, but recent evolution of major power doctrines suggests that the old
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August 15, 2007
United Nations-African Union Coordination on Peace and Security in Africa
Africa now hosts more peacekeepers than any other region. As of mid-2007, nearly 55,000 UN peacekeepers, about 65 percent of the total worldwide, were deployed to missions in
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July 15, 2007
US Training, African Peacekeeping: The Global Peace Operations Initiative
In 2004, President Bush announced the launch of an ambitious new program, the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), to support training of 75,000 foreign peacekeepers worldwide
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September 01, 2006
Who Should Keep The Peace?
Maintaining peace has traditionally been the job of nations but, as populations grow, distances shrink, borders leak, and belief systems clash, it has increasingly become a
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February 01, 2005
African Capacity-Building for Peace Operations: UN Collaboration with the African Union and ECOWAS
Peacekeeping in Africa has grown dramatically over the last five years, with the continent hosting more peacekeepers than any other region. In early 2005, the United Nations led seven
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December 01, 2003
The Brahimi Report and the Future of UN Peace Operations
Three years ago, the Panel on UN Peace Operations challenged the international community to strengthen and revitalize UN peace operations. The landmark “Brahimi Report” recommended
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June 01, 1993
Regional Organizations and Peacekeeping
At a time when the UN was struggling to find the resources to cope with a rising tide of regional conflict and rapidly growing demand for its peacekeeping services, this paper examined
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March 01, 1992
Keeping the Peace: The United Nations in the Emerging World Order
The final report of the Center's first peacekeeping project detailed UN procedures political, financial, and logistical for setting up and running peacekeeping operations and, on the
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