Being a peacekeeper, especially if one is an UNMO (UN Military Observer) the mantra is: – “Tolerance”; even if most of the time things have bitter taste. Back in 1992-1995, in UNPROFOR (Bosnia), the peacekeepers had tolerated just about everything and everybody on the literal sense. The verb “Tolerate”, in its original Latin form –Continuar lendo ““Tolerate” means “Suffer in Silence””
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Ask first; piss after
Back in 1992, during my first UN mission for UNDP, in Angola, I was tasked to manage the UN aircraft fleet deployed at the largest province of the country – Moxico – whose capital was the City of Luena (former Luso, during the Portuguese times). We flow to Luena in a small twin engine KingContinuar lendo “Ask first; piss after”
Peacekeeping for kids
Peace; is a treasure hidden deep inside everyone of us. Each one of us can dig it up and solve conflicts at their start. In most conflict cases, there’s a need for a discussion forum; a place where people meet and exchange points of view in order to solve their problems. That place is (shouldContinuar lendo “Peacekeeping for kids”
Era uma vez
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Era uma vez … Era uma vez um jovem que adorava aviões e tudo o que se relacionava com o mundo aeronáutico. Ninguém estranhou que, quando atingiu a idade e as habilitações académicas necessárias, esse jovem se tenha voluntariado para ingressar na Força Aérea Portuguesa. Cerca de 39 anos depois, com…
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