Preparatory Course for Commanders and Staff Officers 2012 - 1st Day
On August 06, 2012, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (acronym in Portuguese: CCOPAB) started the Preparatory Course for Commanders and Staff Officers (acronym in Portuguese: EPCOEM) for those officers who will members of the 17th Brazilian Contingent in Haiti.
The first day of lectures counted on the presence of Mr. Jackson Bien-Aimé, a representative of the Haitian Embassy in Brazil, who talked about the importance of the Brazilian participation in the United Nations Mission for the Stabilization in Haiti (acronym according to the UN: MINUSTAH).
Mr. Major General Luiz Eduardo Ramos Baptista Pereira, a former MINUSTAH Force Commander, also participated in the lectures by showing his experiences during the period in which he commanded the Military Component of MINUSTAH.
