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Originally posted by FlyersFan
Does anyone know .. I can't find the answer .. if the UN has certain requirements of the countries sending peacekeepers??
Preparations for French-led
African Peacekeeping Exercises Complete
Agence France Presse
September 21, 2001
Tanzanian and French military officials Friday ended a final planning meeting for multinational peacekeeping exercises to be held here in February, the French embassy here said.
The week-long Final Planning Conference (FPC) was also attended by delegates from Djibouti and La Reunion. "This is the last preparatory stage for the multinational exercise code-named Tanzanite-RECAMP 3," Rear-Admiral Raymond Masson of the French Joint Planning Staff told a news conference here.
He said the military exercises, in which more than 25 countries will participate, will take place in Dar es Salaam and Tanzania's eastern coastal region of Tanga.
The Reinforce African Peacekeeping Capacities (RECAMP) project is a French initiative designed to enhance the peacekeeping capacity of troops on a continent prone to civil strife.
RECAMP is seen as complementing the US-led African Crisis Response Inititiave, a bilateral programme under which the United States trains and equips troops from selected African countries with a view to improving peacekeeping capabilities.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Does anyone know .. I can't find the answer .. if the UN has certain requirements of the countries sending peacekeepers??
It appears that they do, FF. I should say, at least some of the countries take it upon themselves to train their troops. This link points out several instances:
Originally posted by jsobecky
some of the countries take it upon themselves to train their troops.
Originally posted by stumason
If Western Governments were more willing to commit their own, the UN would be much more effective.
As it stands, the Security Council is hampered by ..
The UN needs reform and badly. But it isn't useless.
Yes, some countries do. But what does the UN do to insure that those troops have been screened and trained to be 'peacekeepers' instead of soldiers? Culture sensitivity by the UN ...That kind of thing. I would like to know what the UN has to insure this.
Entirely possible. It's just a real chore to be paying so much money into that organization AND to be expected to keep it up with a majority of it's troops as well. We would have to go to a draft to be able to militarize the UN AND the USA at the same time. Do you approve of a draft for this? A U.N. draft? I volunteered for the US military but I wouldn't ever volunteer for a UN draft. I'd flat out protest and dodge it.
I fully agree. It's hampered by all you mentioned and more. Corruption, bribes, greed, political jockeying, .... etc etc
Is it saveable or should it be tossed out and something new put in it's place?
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
why doesn't the USA try to change this one problem, they certainly have some sway
Originally posted by stumason
Thats politicians for you. ... Yes, it's saveable, but it needs reforming. What else would you put in it's place?
Originally posted by stumason
Haha, we actually agree on something, FF