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”
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Srebrenica War Crimes at the Hague
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”
Remember Srebrenica
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”
News media in Bosnia War
…//… Back in 1995, the journalistic “tribe” (as they liked to call themselves) was constituted by state owned agencies, private news agencies, and also a lot of freelancers. Two things they had in common: most of them lived in Hotel Holiday Inn and they all wanted to get a good media story, with action imagesContinuar lendo “News media in Bosnia War”
New UN Security Council seats.
Congratulations to Norway and Ireland, India and Mexico who won the open seats on the Security Council for the 2021-2022 term, in a highly competitive race among the Western European and Others Group (Weog) and the Asia-Pacific and Latin America-Caribbean regions. The race is still open for the African seat, between Djibouti and Kenya. #peacekeepinginawarzone
What do Peacekeepers do?
The United Nations’ Secretary-General – António Guterres – recently said: “A peacekeeping operation is not an army, or a counter-terrorist force, or a humanitarian agency. It is a tool to create space for a nationally-owned political solution”. This is a very straightforward concept of what the blue helmets do in their field missions. Peacekeepers doContinuar lendo “What do Peacekeepers do?”
UNPROFOR eBook
Should you wish to learn or remember, how was the life of a Peacekeeper in the Bosnia Herzegovina War, check the following eBook. Reviews are rating it as a 5 stars document. Reader’s Reviews – A first-person story, real, raw and free. Because firsthand there I lived intensely some of these episodes at the serviceContinuar lendo “UNPROFOR eBook”
Blue Helmets killed in Mali
On Saturday 13JUN2020, two more peacekeepers were killed in the line of duty, while serving the United Nations in Mali. The two blue helmets were KIA in the northern part of the country in a Jihadist attack to a UN logistical convoy, on the road between Tessalit and Gao.
Afghan Air Museum
Not everybody knows that Afghanistan once had an impressive and proud Air Force. They even had a Cosmonaut (Abdul Ahad Mohmand) and the “Pashto” was the 5th language spoken from space. In Kabul, there’s a (semi-private) air museum (rarely visited) that still exhibit some of Afghan old (Soviet sponsored) Air Power. It is worth visiting
Lições Aprendidas ou Kamikaze?
A cultura de Lições Aprendidas não é compatível com a postura Kamikaze. Nas operações militares, os corajosos não são os temerários mas sim aqueles que sentem o medo e arranjam uma forma de o contornar para continuar a operar. O ponto do menor receio coincide com o ponto de perigo máximo, a partir do qualContinuar lendo “Lições Aprendidas ou Kamikaze?”
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