My fellow Peacekeepers, I finally present you the link to eBook about my mission in UNPROFOR (Bosnia 95 – Peacekeeping in a War zone). In Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/pt/en/ebook/bosnia-95 or in Amazon I am sure some of you will remember your own experiences in my words. Others will find some of it to be historically incomplete,Continuar lendo “Finally, UNPROFOR eBook has been released”
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Afghanistan released 900 Taliban prisoners in one single day
According to the news agency Reuters, the Afghan Government had released 900 Taliban Prisoners on the 26th May 2020. This was accompanied by a plea to the Taliban to extend the ceasefire which is set to expire at midnight on that day. Taliban spokesperson Suahil Shaheen said the prisoner release was “good progress” and theContinuar lendo “Afghanistan released 900 Taliban prisoners in one single day”
Al-Qaeda commander killed in Mali
The leader of Al-Qaeda in Maghreb was killed in Mali. The French Minister of Defense –Florence Parly – announced on 5 June 2020 that Emir Abdelmalek Droukdal and several of his followers, were engaged and killed in combat by the French Army deployed in Mali, on 3 June 2020. The French Forces deployed in theContinuar lendo “Al-Qaeda commander killed in Mali”
Portuguese Air Force deploys to Mali
The Portuguese Defense Minister meets the Portuguese Air Force personnel about to deploy to the UN mission in Mali. The Portuguese Air Force will be deploying this month of June one C-295M aircraft and 63 air and ground crew military personnel. MINUSMA – United Nations Multinational Integrated Stabilization Mission – is a peacekeeping mission createdContinuar lendo “Portuguese Air Force deploys to Mali”
Diários de Missão (Afeganistão)
Existe uma lenda nas montanhas do Hindukush que reza assim: – “Quando Alá fez o Mundo, sobraram-lhe um monte de pedaços e restos da criação que não encaixavam em mais lado nenhum. O Divino reuniu todos esses fragmentos e atirou-os para a Terra, criando o Afeganistão.” Esta lenda descreve bem a paisagem afegã; uma paisagemContinuar lendo “Diários de Missão (Afeganistão)”
Mission diary (Afghanistan)
There is a legend in the Hindukush Mountains that reads like this: – “When Allah made the world, He was found out that there were a lot of leftovers of his creation that didn’t fit anywhere else. The Divine gathered all these fragments and threw them to Earth, and that how he created Afghanistan.” ThisContinuar lendo “Mission diary (Afghanistan)”
UNPROFOR Airfield Monitors -Inspecting MEDEVACs
One of the (UNMO) Airfield Monitors’ tasks, in Belgrade, was to inspect and clear the airlift of medical evacuations (MEDEVAC) in/out Belgrade to in/out Bosnia. The civilians wounded in Bosnia’s war zone were flown to Belgrade in order to be assisted at the very competent and well organized Yugoslav hospital system. However, those MEDEVAC flightsContinuar lendo “UNPROFOR Airfield Monitors -Inspecting MEDEVACs”
O perfil do pessoal da Força Aérea Portuguesa
Um jovem perguntou-me como eram os tipos da Força Aérea. Respondi-lhe que o pessoal da Força Aérea era caracterizado por ser alguém (homem ou mulher) que está disponível “à mínima solicitação”, demonstrando “força e grandeza de ânimo” e que actua “com militar engenho e sutil arte”. Alguém que procura “saber para bem servir”, que sabeContinuar lendo “O perfil do pessoal da Força Aérea Portuguesa”
Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces
If war is the ultimate chaos unleashed to deliberately exercise extreme human cruelty, peacekeepers are the extraordinary glimmer of humanity and hope. War is the most extreme of the human experiences, which last in the human mind as ghosts as the International Crime Court for former Yugoslavia put it: – “This was terrible. The screams.Continuar lendo “Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces”
Blue Helmets casualties of COVID 19
UN Secretary-General – António Guterres – announced the first two Blue Helmet fatal casualties of COVID 19. At the present date, among the 100.000 blue Helmets in 14 missions all over the world, there are 137 cases of CVID 19 among the peacekeepers. MINUSMA (Mali) 90 infected, 53 recovered, 2 dead MONUSCO (D.R. Congo) 21Continuar lendo “Blue Helmets casualties of COVID 19”
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