Arquivos mensais:julho 2020

25 years ago, on the 25th July 1995, about one week after the fall of Srebrenica’s UN Safe Area, the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) attacked and took yet another UN Safe Area – Zepa. Not many people remember the fall of Zepa, but it was quite a disastrous situation for the Bosnian Muslins and theContinuar lendo “We’ve all remembered Srebrenica, but what about Zepa?”

During the Bosnian War (1992-1995) the World learned about the United Nations blue helmets contingents deployed in the battle fields. Not many people knew about the small branch of United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) that were constantly travelling unarmed, across the confrontation lines, counting and reporting the amount of shells fired, the exchange of corpsesContinuar lendo “UNPROFOR radar monitoring of the Bosnian War”

Both NATO and the UN use the same acronym – CIMIC – to address matters related to Civilian and Military interaction trying to help the Host Nation population in a Peace Support Operation. However, do not let the similarity full you; for NATO, CIMIC means Civil Military Cooperation whilst for the UN, CIMIC stands forContinuar lendo “There’s a difference between NATO and UN CIMIC”

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) issued a global call related to the ongoing global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, requesting that appropriate military and civil defence assets be made available for the transport of urgently needed humanitarian and medical items. NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) respondedContinuar lendo “NATO Allies agree to support the UN call for airlift assistance”

In the job description of UN Military Observers and Military Advisors, one can find one last bullet point saying – “The incumbent must have a valid driving license”. Most people don’t pay much attention to it but, in fact, it is one of the most important items in an UNMO/MILAD “tool kit”. Why? Because theyContinuar lendo “Driving in UN mission areas”

On Monday 13JUL2020, a MINUSCA convoy travelling through the northwest of RCA, more specifically in Gedze, Nana-Mambéré area, was attacked by insurgents of the 3R armed Group (Return, Reclamation and Rehabilitation). In that attack, a Rwandese peacekeeper was killed and several other were injured. We would like to express our condolences to the family andContinuar lendo “Yet another peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic”

On 16th November 1995, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (The Hague) indicted Radovan Karadzic – President of Republika Srpska – and General Ratko Mladic – Commander of the VRS – both accused to be directly responsible for the atrocities committed in July 1995, against the Bosnian Muslin population of the UN SafeContinuar lendo “Srebrenica War Crimes at the Hague”

25 year ago, on the 11th of July 1995, the Bosnian Serb Army leaded by General Ratko Mladic, entered Srebrenica with an overwhelming firepower, and occupied the Muslim Town, after having bombed it with heavy artillery on the previous day. General Mladic brought along with him a paramilitary group called “The Scorpions” tailored to “solveContinuar lendo “Remember Srebrenica”