Lima (PER) - From 7 to 10 April, the commander of the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center, Sergio Vieira de Mello Center, took part in a preparatory meeting for the 10th Latin American Association of Peacekeeping Training Centers, which took place in Lima, Peru.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – On 8 April, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center, Sergio Vieira de Mello Center, was visited by LTG Christian Bailly, the French Army Commander of the Operational National Theater, who was followed closely by LTG Antônio Manoel de Barros (Commander of the 1st Army Division), COL Charles Orlianges (Military Attaché from the French Air Force in Brazil) and COL Pascal Frances (an assistant from the French Commander).
Montevidéu (URU) – From 24 March to 06 April 2019, Captain Wander, from the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese), Sergio Vieira de Mello Center, took part as an observer in the final task of the preparation of the Uruguayan Battalion for UN Stabilization Mission of Congo (MONUSCO), which took place in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - On 4 April, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center, Sergio Vieira de Mello Center, welcomed COL Guilhermo Altamiro, Military Attaché from Chile, accompanied by LTC Helmut Ramires, instructor at the Brazilian Army Command and General Staff School (ECEME, acronym in Portuguese) and CPT Alberto Francisco Elissalde Reyes, foreign instructor at CCOPAB. The aim of the visit was to have an overall view of the experience in PKOs as well as to strengthen the bonds among Brazilian and Chilean military personnel working towards Peace.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - On 4 April, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) welcomed LCDR Jaap Hubbell Meyer, Dutch Attaché of Defense. The aim of the visit was to get to know CCOPAB and to strengthen the bonds among Brazilian and Dutch military personnel regarding Peace Operations related topics.
Rio de Janeiro, RJ – 29 March, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center – Sergio Vieira de Mello Center – (CCOPAB, acronym in Portuguese) took part in UN award ceremony of Lieutenant Commander Márcia Andrade Braga, who received in New York the UN Gender Advocate of the Year Award for promoting gender equality in PKOs.
