Legenda (este desenho não está, obviamente,à escala) – 1 Hotel de jornalistas “Holiday Inn”; 2 – Edifício do PTT e Quartel-General da ONU para o Setor Sarajevo; 3 Monte Igman; 4 – Zona Sérvia de Dobrinja; 5 – Avenida dos Snipers; 6 – Quartel-General da ONU para a Bósnia-Herzegovina; 7 – Aquartelamento ONU de Zetra;Continuar lendo “Mapa (3D) de Sarajevo, 1995 a Cidade cercada.”
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Sarajevo (3D) hand made Map (1995)
Legend (this drawling is, obviously, not to scale): 1 –Hotel Holiday Inn (international media HQ); 2 – PTT building and UNPROFOR HQ for Sector Sarajevo; 3 Mount Igman’s descent road; 4 – Serbian area of Dobrinja; 5 – Sniper Alley; 6 – UNPROFOR HQ for Bosnia-Herzegovina; 7 – UN Compound in Zetra; 8 – SerbianContinuar lendo “Sarajevo (3D) hand made Map (1995)”
Mission stories – Afghan Christian Mass
A certain day, in 2013, at the United Nations civilian compound in Afghanistan’s Central Highlands – Bamyan – there was a rumor that someone was going to conduct an old style Christian catholic mass, somewhere down town. The invitation came in a closed door environment, with a whispering voice, as if it was “classified information”.Continuar lendo “Mission stories – Afghan Christian Mass”
Histórias de missão; missa Cristã no Afeganistão
Numa certa tarde de 2013, no aquartelamento civil da ONU na Região Central das Terras Altas do Afeganistão – em Bamyan – corria o rumor que iria acontecer uma cerimónia religiosa Cristã algures num local recôndito da Cidade. O convite foi apresentado à porta fechada, em voz baixa, de uma forma quase sigilosa, como seContinuar lendo “Histórias de missão; missa Cristã no Afeganistão”
O Léxico da ONU
O léxico da ONU
The UN Lexicon
In January 1995, the UN mission for the Yugoslav conflict(s) – UNPROFOR – had 38.599 military personnel from 37 Troop Contributing Nations(TCN): Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Nepal, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, SlovakContinuar lendo “The UN Lexicon”
Guesstimating Cargo´s weight – Angola 1992
Back in the UN mission in Angola 1992, every late afternoon Luena’s Regional Electoral Commission would express their needs for support flight for the following day. Those meetings were not exactly peaceful get-togethers, because it was not easy to accommodate the ambitious list of flight destinations requests with the shortage of UN aircraft in theContinuar lendo “Guesstimating Cargo´s weight – Angola 1992”
Sarajevo Landing
During UNPROFOR Times, the final approach procedure to Sarajevo’s airport was considered the aeronautic ex libris of the mission. So much so that it got the designation of: – “Sarajevo Landing”. Due to the permanent threat of small arms fire onto the landing aircraft, when the pilots got closer to the ground, they performed aContinuar lendo “Sarajevo Landing”
O que é um Assessor Militar das Nações Unidas?
É frequente ver-se nas missões da ONU oficiais desarmados, trabalhando fora do contexto dos contingentes armados dos Capacetes Azuis, com tarefas de Estado-Maior nos quartéis-generais da ONU em apoio à decisão político-militar. Regra geral, esses oficias são Assessores Militares (Military Advisers –MilAd) da ONU. Mas, o que é que um Assessor Militar das Nações UnidasContinuar lendo “O que é um Assessor Militar das Nações Unidas?”
What is an United Nations Military Adviser?
In UN missions it is natural to see unarmed military officers, out of the context of the national contingents, working at the UN (civilian) leadership level. They are the UN Military Advisers (MilAd). But what does a MilAd do? A UN Military Adviser (MilAd) has the status of “Expert on Mission”. He/She is normally aContinuar lendo “What is an United Nations Military Adviser?”
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