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Spending the Christmas season in a mission area, away from the loved ones, is always something difficult to endure. However, someone has got to do it and we always have some creativity to overtake difficulties. I wish a Merry Christmas to all sailors, airmen, soldiers, police agents and civilian personnel serving in EU/NATO/OSCE/UN and allContinuar lendo “Merry Christmas peacekeepers”

We’ve been seen for the past few days (weeks) a new hope in the ongoing negotiations for a lasting Peace Agreement in Afghanistan. Should the negotiators (both parts) be able to overtake their differences, it would be a major achievement in that turmoil part of the World. However, let us not forget that Afghanistan stillContinuar lendo “Afghan transition from civil war to peace building”

Donald Trump’s Administration can be characterized as not having engaging in a new major combat operation, somewhere in the World. In fact, America is reducing its presence in Iraq and in Afghanistan. However, as the time to exchange staffs in the “Oval Room” gets closer, that seems to be changing, because the US deployed long-rangeContinuar lendo “The dangerous “limbo” period in between American Administrations.”

Interpreters always have a funny nick name or callsign. In Bosnia they were “Yellow Cards” because of the distinctive color of their UN id. cards. In Afghanistan some called them “Fnoos”. However, regardless the nickname we attribute them, they are absolutely indispensable in any crisis response deployment, peace/development negotiation and in all major achievements. InContinuar lendo “Deployed forces’ Interpreters; the Afghani Fnoos”

We may not notice but, in our own perspective, the entire World’s population (with only one single exception) is constituted by “The Others“. We hardly see yourself in the other guy’s shoes; hence it is easy to criticize and point out negative aspects, without having to present alternative solutions. The problem is that it normallyContinuar lendo “Don’t wait for Mozambique to become unsolvable”

Há 95 anos, em 30 Novembro de 1925 – O Exército Português criou o quadro permanente de Oficiais e Sargentos da Arma de Aeronáutica. Na altura existiam: a Inspeção-Geral da Aeronáutica Militar; o Parque de Material Aeronáutico; a Escola Militar de Aviação; a Escola Militar de Aerostação; a Esquadrilha de Aviação de Treino e Depósito;Continuar lendo “Aviação Militar Portuguesa – Portuguese Military Aviation”

Opportunity for Veterans!  Any service — any nation! New Musicals Inc (NMI) in the United States is adapting veteran’s stories into ten-minute musicals to be filmed as part of a web-series to honor military veterans of all and any nation. Veterans whose stories are selected for development will receive a $1000 (USD) honorarium and holdContinuar lendo “Attention all callsigns”

On October 24, 1945, 51 countries came together and created the United Nations Organization (U.N.). The Second World War had just finished, and these countries pledge the promote peace and cooperation around the world. Today, we have 193 sovereign member states in the United Nations, and all have equal representation in the UN General Assembly.Continuar lendo “UN 75th Anniversary”

The abstract entity we call – International Community – shelters its values at the United Nations (UN) headquarters, in New York. A forum of 193 sovereign countries, with equal rights and representation in its General Assembly. The UN General Assembly embraces a large variety of cultures, wills and political systems. However, as different as theyContinuar lendo “Angola 92 – Mission Diary (and so it starts!)”