FFI Facts- UN peacekeeping trends

By use of established damage criteria from the literature, it can safely be concluded that detonation of 10 kg TNT under the flail will not injure the operator, provided that the

On the other hand, the protection of civilians must also aim to provide the population with sustainable security through efforts such as disarmament, institution-building and

This report documents the experiences and lessons from the deployment of operational analysts to Afghanistan with the Norwegian Armed Forces, with regard to the concept, the main

From the above review of protection initiatives, three recurring issues can be discerned as particularly relevant for military contributions to protection activities: (i) the need

Overall, the SAB considered 60 chemicals that included: (a) 14 declared as RCAs since entry into force of the Convention; (b) chemicals identied as potential RCAs from a list of

The Peacekeeping Best Practices Section of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Training for Peace Programme at the Norwegian Institute of International

In this policy brief we consider the medium- to long-term trajectory of China’s peace and security practices by analysing its recent activity in Africa, focusing on how China

Until the end of the Cold War, UN peacekeeping was the primary venue for small and medium powers when contributing troops to international peace oper- ations, and contributions to