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Latest Main Events Archive

2010-04-29

CHALLENGES FORUM 2010. The 3d International Forum for the Challenges of Peace Operations was held 27-29 April in Queanbeyan, Australia, and addressed "Challenges of Protecting Civilians in Multidimensional Peace Operations"

2009-11-30

CHALLENGES STUDY. "Developing a Strategy for Early Peacebuilding: Priorities, Sequencing and Delivery of Rule of Law and Security-related Activities by UN Peacekeeping Operations" by Ms Fatemeh Ziai

2009-11-13

CHALLENGES FORUM 2009. The 2nd International Forum for the Challenges of Peace Operations was held 12-13 November in New York and addressed "A New Horizon for Peace Operations Partnerships – What are the Next Steps?"

2009-11-11

CHALLENGES CONCEPTS AND DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP 9-11 NOVEMBER 2009. Challenges Partners met in New York to continue the work on Multidimensional Peace Operations Concepts and Doctrine Development 9-11 November 2009.

2009-01-30

NEW YORK. MR. JEAN-MARIE GUÉHENNO - PATRON OF THE CHALLENGES FORUM. We are very pleased to announce that Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno has accepted to become Patron of the International Forum for the Challenges of Peace Operations.

2009-01-29

CHALLENGES MEETING IN NEW YORK 29 JANUARY 2009. The Challenges Partnership met in New York to discuss key issues from the Challenges Forum 2008 in France as well as future substantive undertakings for the next Challenges Forum to be hosted by Pakistan and the initiated Peace Operations Concepts and Doctrine Development Workshop series.

2009-01-27

CONCEPTS AND DOCTRINE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP. Challenges Partners met in Carlisle to initiate a Workshop series on Multidimensional Peace Operations Concepts and Doctrine Development 26-27 January 2009

2008-10-24

CHALLENGES FORUM 2008. The first Challenges Forum was hosted by France in October 2008 and adressed "Partnerships - The United Nations, the European Union and the Regional Dimensions of Peace Operations: Examples of Cooperation within the Framework of Chapter VIII of the UN Charter". The Forum had some 300 participants including high level officials from the UN, EU, AU and NATO.

2008-01-18

UN PK DOCTRINE. The first UN Peacekeeping Capstone Doctrine was signed by the UN USG for PKO on 18 January 2008. Challenges Partners together with others contributed to the development process.

2007-11-13

CHALLENGES PRE-FORUM 2007. The Challenges Partners and key representatives of the UN, AU, EU, and NATO met in New York 13-14 November to address “Looking to the Future – Peace Operations in 2015”. Particular but not exclusive focus was placed on doctrines and principles for multidimensional peace operations – possibilities for enhanced interoperability and harmonization of efforts?

2006-09-28

SALTSJÖBADEN WORKSHOP. The Challenges Partners took part in a workshop on the fundamental principles of UN peacekeeping 26-28 September 2006 in Sweden. The Folke Bernadotte Academy in close cooperation with the UN DPKO arranged the first workshop in a series of four with the aim to develop a UN Capstone Doctrine on UN Peacekeeping.

2006-01-19

NEW YORK SEMINAR. The 17th International Challenges Seminar discussed the Phase II Concluding Report 'Meeting the Challenges of Peace Operations: Cooperation and Coordination' at the UN Headquarters in New York on January 19, 2006.

2005-03-01

SHRIVENHAM SEMINAR. The 16th International Challenges Seminar; Meeting the Challenges of Peace Operations in the 21st Century was hosted by the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom at the Defence Academy, 1-6 March 2005.

2004-11-03

BEIJING SEMINAR. The 15th International Challenges Seminar; Cooperation and Coordination in Peace Operations: Challenges for UN Member States was hosted by the Ministry of National Defence in cooperation with the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS) in Beijing 3-5 November 2004.

2004-03-16

ABUJA SEMINAR. The 14th International Challenges Seminar;"Regional Dimension of Peace Operations in the 21st Century: Arrangements, Relationships, and the United Nations in its Responsibility for International Peace and Security" was hosted by the Nigerian National War College in cooperation with the Armed Forces, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Defence, 31 May-4 June 2004.