Rio de Janeiro (RJ). On 05 November 2018, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center received the visit of Ms. Flávia de Mello - a journalist and former CCOPAB collaborator. Nowadays, the journalist participates as a public security consultant in a TV News program, which has expressive ratings in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Montevideo (Uruguay) - From 21 to 25 October, CCOPAB participated in the 3rd Regional Workshop “Making Peace Operations More Effective”, carried out at the Uruguayan Peace Operations School (ENOPU, acronym in Spanish) and supported by the Small Arms Survey (SAS).
From 20 to 27 October, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center, as a member of the delegation from the Peace Mission Division, Aviation and IGPM/COTER (acronyms in Portuguese) visited the military facilities in the cities of Istanbul and Ankara, in the Republic of Turkey.
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) - On 24 October, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center, Sergio Vieira de Mello Center, took part in the celebration of the United Nations Day and 70th UNIC Rio anniversary, at Itamaraty Palace. During the event, there was the inauguration of the auditorium Sergio Vieira de Mello - a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the patron of CCOPAB. The following authorities were present at the ceremony: Ambassador Eduardo Prisco Paraiso Ramos - Chief Representative of Itamaraty in Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Maurizio Giuliano - Director of UNIC Rio and Mr. André Simões - nephew and godson of Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Curitiba, (PR), On 24 October 2018, CCOPAB was represented by Major Flávio Henrique at Centro Universitário Curitiba - UNICURITIBA for the International Relations Week. During the event, the officer delivered a lecture to university students of International Relations and Law about the Brazilian participation in Peace Operations under the aegis of international organizations.
From 15 to 18 October, the Brazilian Peace Operations Joint Training Center (CCOPAB) coordinated the Pre-deployment Advanced Field Exercise (EAOP, acronym in Portuguese), whose main goal was to train the Brazilian Army Police Company as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Capabilities Readiness System (UNPCRS).
