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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: October 2009
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. Canada and the CANZ Group Call for a Consensus on Robust Peacekeeping, the Protection of Civilians and Peacebuilding. With regards to robust peacekeeping, CANZ's statement underlined that in order to ensure that the mission objectives established by the Security Council can be met, Member States need to come to a shared understanding on the tasks peacekeepers may be expected to perform, and what implications robust peacekeeping may have on operational requirements. On peacebui...
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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: January 2010
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Friday, January 29, 2010. Fallen Mountie died 'in the service of peace'. Great piece in the Ottawa Citizen on RCMP Chief Supt. Doug Coates' contributions to peacekeeping and to MINUSTAH, the United Nations’ stabilization mission in Haiti. PEACE OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP (POWG). Links to this post. Wednesday, January 27, 2010. Haitian survivors fight for food. PEACE OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP (POWG). Links to this post. Monday, January 25, 2010. Wednesday January 27th, 2010. 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM. A reserve of ...
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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: November 2009
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Friday, November 27, 2009. Shattering Canada's Collective Myths. By Sandro Contenta , GlobalPost. There are moments in a country’s history when collective myths become so divorced from reality that almost everyone can hear them burst with a pop. It happened last week in Canada, when stories in the media proclaimed the end of a national identity as peacekeepers, and the birth of one as warriors. This is no small change. This collective self-image — and the foreign policy that flowed from it — ...PEACE OPE...
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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: The Peace Operations Monitor (POM) has been updated and revamped
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Thursday, March 4, 2010. The Peace Operations Monitor (POM) has been updated and revamped. The POM has a new look and updated information on all three missions (Haiti, Sudan, Afghanistan). The Peace Operations Monitor is a source of information about the mandates, multifaceted composition, structures, performance and challenges of UN and other peace operations. Go to the site. PEACE OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP (POWG). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). CANADA’S CONTRIBUTION TO UN PEACEKEEPING. The Peace Op...
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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: March 2010
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Ban announces appointment of new UN police chief. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed an experienced female Swedish police officer as the top United Nations police official. 8220;The UN’s top cop is a woman,” Mr. Ban told reporters. In New York, noting that today’s announcement of Ann-Marie Orler as UN Police Adviser coincides with International Women’s Day. At present, there are nearly 13,000 UN Police ( UNPOL. One of her top priorities in her new role as the UN’s top p...
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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: Canada, Netherlands supply vehicles for Darfur peacekeeping
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Canada, Netherlands supply vehicles for Darfur peacekeeping. The governments of Canada and the Netherlands have handed over equipment valued at more than 12 million U.S. dollars to the Uganda Police Force towards peacekeeping efforts in Darfur. A statement from the Canadian Embassy in Nairobi said on Wednesday the in-kind contribution consists of armored and non- armored vehicles, tents, and engineering, logistical, medical, dental and protective equipment. We are also pleas...
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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: Haiti Earthquake: UN expects a new deployment of 380 troops to be on the ground by mid-March
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Friday, February 19, 2010. Haiti Earthquake: UN expects a new deployment of 380 troops to be on the ground by mid-March. The Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Major General Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto, updated reporters yesterday (18 February) on the security situation in the earthquake-devastated country. PEACE OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP (POWG). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). CANADA’S CONTRIBUTION TO UN PEACEKEEPING. PARTICIPATE IN THE POWG BLOG. The Peace Operations...
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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: February 2010
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Friday, February 19, 2010. Haiti Earthquake: UN expects a new deployment of 380 troops to be on the ground by mid-March. The Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Major General Floriano Peixoto Vieira Neto, updated reporters yesterday (18 February) on the security situation in the earthquake-devastated country. PEACE OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP (POWG). Links to this post. Thursday, February 18, 2010. Update Report on Haiti. Read the Update Report on Haiti. Links to this post.
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Peace Operations Working Group - POWG: Extra UN troops and police pledged for Haiti
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Sunday, February 14, 2010. Extra UN troops and police pledged for Haiti. By EDITH M. LEDERER (AP), UN Photo/Marco Dormino. UNITED NATIONS — Sixteen countries have offered to provide the 3,500 extra troops and police officers that the United Nations requested to beef up security in Haiti and ensure aid is delivered to earthquake victims, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Thursday. He said 900 Brazilian soldiers would be arriving on Thursday and Friday. The advance party of a 190-member Japanese military en...