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O Secretário-Geral da OTAN – Mr. Jens Stoltenberg – vem a Portugal nos dias 26 e 27 de maio, para inaugurar a nova escola de comunicações da Aliança e para assistir ao desenrolar do Exercício Steadfast Defender 21. E para que serve o Steadfast Defender? Para resolver aquilo que outras organizações com responsabilidades na áreaContinuar lendo “Já ouviram falar de “diplomacia com dentes”?”

A paz não é algo que possamos possuir para o nosso próprio benefício. Na verdade, a paz não deve ser retida, mas sim distribuída. Talvez a terminologia da ONU deva seguir a expressão latina de Manutenção da Paz (Peace Maintenance), ou velha expressão de latim “Custodes Pacis” (custódia da paz). Com exceção de alguns ataquesContinuar lendo “O termo “peacekeeping” não significa “reter a paz”.”

The expression “Peacekeeping” doesn’t mean retaining peace (as in “to keep it”). Peace is not something we can hold for one’s own purpose. In fact, it should not be kept at all, rather distributed across the world. Maybe the UN terminology should follow the Latin languages’ expression “Peace Maintenance”, or the classic Latin version “CustodesContinuar lendo “Peacekeeping doesn´t mean Retaining Peace”

(Los Angeles, May 21, 2021)An episode from New Musicals Inc.’s upcoming webseries, “So Proudly We Hailed,” has been selected to be part of the celebrations at the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (May 29), in Lisbon, Portugal. You can see an excerpt from this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/hKOrlpu5VFc The full episode is a 15-minuteContinuar lendo “A New Musical Honoring International Peacekeepers”

This is the teaser of a 15 minute musical about the UN mission in the former Yugoslavia – UNPROFOR (1995). The full musical will be released on the 29th May 2021 – the International Peacekeepers’ Day. #PKDay

Today, 5th of May, we celebrate the Day of the Portuguese Language. Portuguese unites 9 countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste, in addition to Macau, China and the diasporas spread across Europe and the North America. There are more than 260 million people speaking theContinuar lendo “Portuguese Language Day”

On 14 April 2021, NATO leaders have met at the highest level and decided to leave Afghanistan starting May and finishing by 11Stpember 2021. On the same day, the UN mission in Afghanistan – UNAMA – published a paper titled “Afghanistan Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict 2021 First Quarter Report”. In it, one can readContinuar lendo “Afghanistan – foreigner troops are leaving … what now?”

Starting on the 1st of May the foreigner forces participating in NATO Mission Resolute Support, will start orderly leaving Afghanistan, aiming to vacate the country on 11 September 2021; 20 years after the twin towers’ terrorist attack. This agreement, achieved by consensus among all NATO leaders on 14APR2021, was made in light of the recognitionContinuar lendo “NATO will start exiting Afghanistan on 1st May 2021”

We honor our fallen comrades. Easter Friday April 2, 2021, the United Nations mission to Mali (MINUSMA) suffered a “complex attack” (direct and indirect fires coordinated in form and in time), which resulted in the death of four blue helmets of the Chad. The latest reports informed that, in addition to the deaths, there areContinuar lendo “UN Mission in Mali suffers new terrorist attack”