Implications.
The world continues to be a dangerous place with numerous examples of
instability. The U.S. has been a stabilizing force in the world through its
leadership on the world stage, through its military operations, and by support to
peacekeeping operations through funding to the U.N. and initiatives including the
GPOI. If the U.S. reduces its international leadership and support to peacekeeping operations, the likely result is a less stable world.
Event Description.
This lesson is based on information received during a USAWC Peace and
Stability Operations class trip to visit the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. State
Department, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 24-25
March 2015.
Lesson Contributor: Colonel Ben Jones, US Army
b. TOPIC. Training Brazilian Contingents for Haiti Peacekeeping
Missions ( 2431 )
Observation.
Brazil’s peacekeeping training center has effectively prepared Brazil’s
contingents for deployment to Haiti by (1) teaching courses that were focused on
the key tasks/actions that the unit and its staff were expected to execute in Haiti,
and (2) continuously incorporating lessons learned from forces on the ground.
Discussion.
In 2005 Brazil established the Peacekeeping Operations Training Center
(CIOpPaz) – primarily to support preparation of Brazilian Army troops for
participation in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). In
the preceding year, Brazil had committed troops to MINUSTAH, but lacked an
adequate training system for this type of mission – having only archives of
procedures for peacekeeping deployments from the 1990s when it sent
contingents to Angola. The MINUSTAH mandate was far different – as it allowed
the military component to employ the use of force (including lethal force) for selfdefense as well as to implement the stabilization tasks of the mission. As
CIOpPaz developed its training program, it took into consideration the analysis
conducted by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN
DPKO) which indicated an adverse presence of groups that would probably offer
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