On October 7, 2010, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center was honoured with the visit of illustrious LTG Ken Keen, Deputy Commander of the South Army of the United States, together with Mr MG Floriano Peixoto, Deputy Commander of the G-5 of the Brazilian General Staff and his assistant COL Dutra. The committee counted on eight American officers and was hosted by COL Pedro Aurélio de Pessôa, who made a lecture presenting the main projects of CCOPAB.
The second phase of the preparation of military observers was started at CCOPAB.
04 Oct 10. The second phase of the Course for Peacekeeping Operations 2010-2 (EPMP, acronym in Portuguese) started this Monday at the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center. The course is previewed to end on October 29. The opening class was given by Mr COL Fernando Rodrigues Goulart, and dealt with his experience in peacekeeping missions.
From August 12 to September 10, 2010, CCOPAB hosted the exhibition called “A Man Called Rondon”.
The exhibition showed the truly epical story lived by Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon, a great Brazilian hero who is the legitimate predecessor of the present UN´s peacekeeping missions for his life-long dedication to peacemaking.
The second General Assembly of the Latin American Association of Peacekeeping Operations Training Centers (ALCOPAZ) was held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, from August 09-13, 2010.
CPT JULIO CEZAR MEDEIROS DOS SANTOS, instructor at the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center, participated, as an instructor, in the UN Military Observers Course (UNMOC), from 07 June 2010 to 02 July 2010, in the German UN Training Center, located in Hammelburg, Germany. The course lasts for four weeks and has the purpose of preparing military observers for UN missions.
Within the period of 12-16 July 2010, the course for journalists in conflict areas was carried out at the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center (CCOPAB), in Rio de Janeiro. This activity was conducted by CCOPAB, by the Brazilian Army Social Communication Center (CCOMSEx) and by the UN Information Center in Brazil (UNIC-RIO).
On October 7, 2010, the Brazilian Peacekeeping Operations Joint Center was honoured with the visit of illustrious LTG Ken Keen, Deputy Commander of the South Army of the United States, together with Mr MG Floriano Peixoto, Deputy Commander of the G-5 of the Brazilian General Staff and his assistant COL Dutra. The committee counted on eight American officers and was hosted by COL Pedro Aurélio de Pessôa, who made a lecture presenting the main projects of CCOPAB.
From August 12 to September 10, 2010, CCOPAB hosted the exhibition called “A Man Called Rondon”.
