Date: May 12th 2008
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Greetings, and welcome again to the UNITAR POCI newsletter, in which we announce new courses, new programmes, and other developments at UNITAR POCI.
I am pleased to report that we now offer 22 courses in English, 15 in French, and 14 in Spanish. Our curriculum now includes two new courses: Civil-Military Coordination, co-authored by Mr. Cedric de Coning, of ACCORD and NUPI, and Mr. Stephen Henthorne, Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies; and Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration by Mr. Yvan Conoir, an existing UNITAR POCI course author with twenty years of experience in DDR, reconstruction, and capacity building with UNHCR, CARE, and PPC in Africa, Asia, and Central America.
I am also very pleased to announce that during 2007 UNITAR POCI supported 98,000 enrolments world-wide, many of them through E-Learning for African Peacekeepers (ELAP) and our recently established E-Learning for Peacekeepers from Latin America and the Caribbean (ELPLAC). During 2008 we will continue to try to expand both our courses and the programmes to provide them to our students world-wide.
It is, however, with great sadness that I repeat what you may have already heard. UNITAR POCI extends sincere condolences to the family of slain Corporal Nagya Aminu of Nigeria, and to the people of Nigeria. This thirty-six-year-old father was serving at MINUSTAH when, on 12 April, he and three other members of his formed police unit were in their clearly marked UN vehicle in the Bel-Air district of the capital, Port-au-Prince. He was dragged from the vehicle and fatally shot.
While serving at MINUSTAH, Corporal Aminu completed four UNITAR POCI courses: Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution, The Conduct of Humanitarian Relief Operations, Global Terrorism, and Operational Logistical Support.
Corporal Aminu‘s death provides a painful reminder of the difficult conditions under which UN peacekeepers serve, and the selfless sense of service to peace that they exhibit on mission. Our prayers are with you, Corporal Aminu, in life and in death.
Here at UNITAR POCI we recognize the dedication and sense of service and sacrifice that our peacekeeping students bring to their missions, and we welcome e-mails and other communications from our students who serve in the interest of peace world-wide. If there is anything we can do for you, please let us know.
In peace,
Harvey Langholtz
Director, UNITAR POCI
Civil-military coordination (CIMIC) provides the interface between the military component of a UN peace operation and the political, humanitarian, developmental, human rights, and rule of law components of the mission, as well as others in the larger peacebuilding system. CIMIC is a crucial function in any complex peace operation because it is a “force-multiplier” that contributes to the mission achieving a system-wide impact on the conflict system it is attempting to transform.
Our new course in CIMIC was written for United Nations CIMIC officers, but all military and civilian students will find this course useful as it will improve their understanding of the institutional cooperation that needs to occur between mission components. The focus of the course is on principles, policies, and broad approaches and provides examples of CIMIC structures and operations from a number of UN and African missions.
To learn more about this or any other UNITAR POCI course, please visit our Web site.
The aim of the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) process is to contribute to security and stability in post-conflict situations so that recovery and development can begin. The DDR of ex-combatants is a complex process, with political, military, security, humanitarian, and socioeconomic dimensions. It aims to deal with the post-conflict security problem that results from ex-combatants being left without livelihoods or support networks during the critical transition period from conflict to peace and development.
Our new course in DDR will help UN and national decision makers, as well as UN, national, and NGO practitioners, to understand the aims, objectives and practical issues related to a DDR process. The course presents different policies and strategies for the development, management, and evaluation of a DDR programme based on the International DDR Standards (IDDRS), which consolidate over fifteen years of UN lessons and good practises on DDR issues.
To learn more about this or any other UNITAR POCI course, please visit our Web site.
Our Gender Perspectives course is now available in English, French, and Spanish. To read more about the course or enrol, please visit our Web site:
Through generous grants from the peoples of Argentina and Canada, UNITAR POCI can now offer courses free of charge for peacekeepers from Latin America and the Caribbean. E-Learning for Peacekeepers from Latin America and the Caribbean (ELPLAC) provides UNITAR POCI distance courses in peacekeeping free of charge to any person who:
- is a citizen of a Latin American or Caribbean Nation, and
- is a member of the military, the police, or the gendarmerie.
To learn more about the programme or sign up for a course, visit the ELPLAC Web site.
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