Participation of foreign military personnel in the Advanced Drill for Pre-Deployment Training

foto20The following military personnel attended the Advanced Drill for Pre-Deployment Training (EAOP, acronym in Portuguese), of the 13th Contingent of BRABATT, Haiti Battalion, as guests: LTC (Marine Corps) Acosta and LTC (Army) Villagran, from Argentina, MAJ Proaño and SGT Acaro, from Ecuador, and LTC Robillard, from France. EAOP was held from 19 to 24 of June, 2010 at the 5th Military Region/Army Division in the city of Ponta Grossa, state of Paraná.

CCOPAB Instructor takes a course in India

foto02 From May 24 to June 11, 2010, Capt Rafael Barbosa Pereira, Assistant of the Individual Missions Section of CCOPAB, took the United Nations Military Observers CourseUNMOC/10 in the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping - CUNPK, in New Delhi - India.

The activity gathered officers, students and instructors from Sri Lanka, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Japan, Nigeria, Mongolia, Ethiopia, Senegal, Lesotho, Botswana, Fiji Islands and India.


CCOPAB Instructor in a mission at Paraguay

foto03Capt Fábio José Mesquita de Araújo Maciel took part as an instructor of the “Predespliegue” course of the 8th Paraguayan Contingent in Haiti, which was carried out at the “Centro de Entrenamiento Conjunto de Operaciones de Paz (CECOPAZ)”, in Asuncion – Paraguay, from May 09 to June 11, 2010.

During his participation, he delivered operational techniques and UN standardized basic material instructions. 31 military personnel – officers, warrant officers and sergeants – took part in the course.

Visit of a Portuguese Committee

foto01 On June 11, 2010, Sergio Vieira de Mello Center was honoured by the visit of students from the Institute of Higher Military Studies of Portugal (IESM, acronym in Portuguese).

The committee was headed by Mr Rear Admiral Luis Manuel Fourneaux Macieira, Director of IESM.

The Anti-aircraft and Coast Artillery School (EsACosAAe) visits CI Op Paz

01On June 1, 2010, EsACosAAe’s instructors and students visited CI Op Paz.

At that time, the visitors could get acquainted with the facilities of the Center and attend a lecture about CI Op Paz and Peacekeeping Operations under the auspices of the UN given by Capt Derré.

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