Poucos se terão dado conta que, nas missões no terreno, existem duas ONUs: A ONU Azul e a ONU Negra. Pelo menos é assim que pensam muitos dos autóctones, nos vários territórios onde a Organização mantém uma presença por esse Mundo fora. A razão dessa diferenciação junto das populações está na caracterização das viaturas daContinuar lendo “UN Azul versus UN Negra”
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Mission Stories – Boutrus Ghali imposes respect on UN (Bosnia 1995)
One day, back in UNPROFOR 1995, we’ve learned about an awkward, but funny, story coming from another UN Military Observers’ team, stationed down in the southern part of the Krajina – Croatia. Allegedly, that town’s local police had received a formal complaint against “Boutrus Ghali” – the UN Secretary-General. According to the complainer: – “BoutrosContinuar lendo “Mission Stories – Boutrus Ghali imposes respect on UN (Bosnia 1995)”
Portuguese Air Force Memorial in Siauliai
Throughout the History, the Portuguese have always left their mark wherever they’ve traveled all over the World. It’s a cultural thing … we can’t help it. Having said that, it should have come with no surprise, back in 2007, when the Portuguese Air Force contingent in Siauliai – Lithuania – decided to leave a markContinuar lendo “Portuguese Air Force Memorial in Siauliai”
Operação Althea da União Europeia (EUFOR)
No dia 2 de Dezembro de 2004, após negociações em Berlim, a Aliança Atlântica reduziu a sua presença na Bósnia para um contingente mínimo de um Quartel-General dedicado a tarefas de modernização das Forças Armadas da Bósnia Herzegovina, e a União Europeia passou a tomarconta das operações militares através da EUFOR. A operação EUFOR, cujoContinuar lendo “Operação Althea da União Europeia (EUFOR)”
Abstract art in flight plans
Back in 1992, during my UN mission in Angola to support the Country first free elections, I had to manage a small fleet of aircraft operating from Luena’s airfield in the Province of Moxico. It was a busy and challenging activity, with lots of constrains and a myriad of solution to overtake the difficulties. OneContinuar lendo “Abstract art in flight plans”
BAP 2007
NATO Mission in Lithuania 2007, to protect the three Baltic States’ air space. Baltic Air Policing. The guys were starting to fell homesick
Sarajevo’s old church
There is an Orthodox Christian Temple in town, they said it was the oldest Orthodox Temple in that region of the Balkans, and it was just one kilometer away from the UN Military Observers (UNMO) rented house, close to the historical part of Sarajevo. It was a small temple, but it had the most interestingContinuar lendo “Sarajevo’s old church”
Deep inside Afghanistan
When one travels well inside Afghanistan’s landscape, on the Central Highlands of the Indukush, one may still encounter remains of the old Silk road. Fortresses constructed to host and protect the passing-by caravans. That is the beauty of the UN mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA); respecting the conflict restrictions but, simultaneously, profiting from every opportunity toContinuar lendo “Deep inside Afghanistan”
Guerra e Paz conforme as eleições Norte Americanas
Surgiram esta semana vários comunicados informando que os Estados Unidos teriam encetado conversações com a liderança Taliban para o fim do conflito no Afeganistão. Não deverá ser novidade para ninguém, uma vez que estamos (2020) em ano de eleição Presidencial nos Estados Unidos. Efectivamente, a resolução de problemas além-fronteiras tem sido (e ainda bem queContinuar lendo “Guerra e Paz conforme as eleições Norte Americanas”
“Tolerate” means “Suffer in Silence”
Being a peacekeeper, especially if one is an UNMO (UN Military Observer) the mantra is: – “Tolerance”; even if most of the time things have bitter taste. Back in 1992-1995, in UNPROFOR (Bosnia), the peacekeepers had tolerated just about everything and everybody on the literal sense. The verb “Tolerate”, in its original Latin form –Continuar lendo ““Tolerate” means “Suffer in Silence””
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