On 22 April, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese), by means of an After Action Review (AAR), ended the first week of the UN Pre-deployment Advanced Field Exercise (EAOP, acronym in Portuguese). As per the UN guidelines and procedures, EAOP aims to certify the Brazilian Battalion (BRABAT) to be deployed as the 26th contingent for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

Vila Militar (RJ) – On 17 April 2017, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) started out the second phase of the Military Experts on Mission Course (EPMP, acronym in Portuguese). This phase lasts for four weeks and aims to provide military students with the English language communication skills, making use of general and technical vocabulary, functional grammar, technical writing and conversation classes regarding the activities developed by military personnel working as UN MILOBS and UN Staff Officers.

The third day of activities of the UN Pre-deployment Advanced Field Exercise (EAOP, acronym in Portuguese) demanded that BRABAT show many needed skills for the deployment in United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

Caçapava (SP) – On 18 April, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) delivered the introductory lecture on the Advanced Field Exercise and started out the simulations for the 26th PK Brazilian Battalion (BRABAT).

On April 17, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) started the Advanced Exercise for Peacekeeping Operations in order to certify the 26th Brazilian Battalion for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). The Exercise will be held until April 28th in Caçapava, São Paulo.

The fulfillment of the specific needs of women, linked to a higher female participation in planning and actions for peace consolidation, brings lasting gains in this process. In order to meet this expectation, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approved resolution 1325 in 2000, and acknowledged that conflicts have different impacts on women in comparison to men. The Council also sustained the gender perspective in peace operations...