CivilMilitary Cooperation in Peace Operations Seminar

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Civil-Military Cooperation in Peace Operations
Seminar

• United Nations University
• Tokyo, Japan
• 14 18 April, 2003
• Syndicate 2

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MOVE 1 Syndicate 2

• Briefing to the Planning Committee
• Pre-planning issues and recommendations

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ISSUE POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS

• SRSG and Force Commander should have private
  meetings to discuss and clarify roles.
• The local population must be involved as much as
  possible and a mechanism created to involve the
  local populous.
• The Humanitarian Coordinator should prepare a
  consolidated appeal.

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ISSUE GENERAL INFORMATION GATHERING

• The Humanitarian Coordinator should conduct and
  consolidate information that has been/is being
  gathered.
• The Humanitarian Coordinator, Force Commander,
  and Host Nation should identify sources of local
  knowledge and jointly assess the status of
  country infrastructure.

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ISSUE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION

• A civil-military operation center should be
  established for all players coordination.
• The SRSG should create a public awareness
  campaign on subjects such as mines, child
  soldiers and create mechanisms to create and
  distribute materials
• The SRSG and Force Commander should define roles
  responsibilities

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ISSUE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION

• The Humanitarian Coordinator should ensure
  accountability of HA.
• The Force Commander should create and disseminate
  the needs for information.

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ISSUE SECURITY AND SAFETY

• The Force Commander should
• Pre-define monitoring and escorting needs
• Create a committee for the security of IDPs and
  post at the border
• Train CivPol
• Inform the population about de-mining issues
• Demarcate mined areas and neutralize mines.

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ISSUE POST-CONFLICT ACTIVITIES

• ICRC, UNHCR, UNICEF and other Humanitarian
  Community members should establish lists of
  camps, staff, procedures, etc.
• The Force Commander and Host Nation should
  down-size the militaries for de-mobilization.
• All players should provide an exit strategy that
  makes everyone happy!

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Thank you. Any questions?