PEACEKEEPING AND RELATED WEB SITES

Center of Excellence – Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance. Links to the Asia Pacific Peace Operations Capacity Building Program and lessons learned from previous Games.

http://www.coe-dmha.org/

Asia-Pacific Area Network. Extensive list of Peacekeeping Links (Self-register to access).

http://www.apan-info.org/

UN Peace and Security Homepage. Links to Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, Disarmament, and Document Research.

http://www.un.org/peace/

UN Peacekeeping Homepage. Completed Missions, Links to Training, Lessons Learned, Operations, Special Reports, and News.

http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/home_bottom.htm

UN Peacekeeping Terms. Brief compilation of common terms used in worldwide missions.

http://www.un.org/depts/dpko/glossary

International Civil Police Homepage. Links to Contributing Police Forces.

http://www.civpol.org/front/front.htm

The Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Centre. Publications, News, and an extensive links page.

http://www.peaceoperations.org

The International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres (IAPTC). Information and Links on Peacekeeping Research, Training, and Education.

http://www.iaptc.org/

US Army Peacekeeping Institute. US Army PKO Doctrine and Links.

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usacsl/divisions/pki/pki.htm

United States Institute for Peace. The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created to strengthen the nation's capacity to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict.

http://www.usip.org

ReliefWeb. OCHA’s on-line source of disaster and complex emergency information, including a directory of humanitarian relief organizations.

http://www.reliefweb.int/

Alertnet. NGO News, Communications and Logistics.

http://www.alertnet.org/

READINGS

• USAID/OFDA Field Operations Guide (Version 3.0) for Disaster Assessment and Response http://www.usaid.gov/hum_response/ofda/resources/fog/fog_v3.pdf

• United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination Field Handbook http://www.reliefweb.int/undac/documents/UNDACHandbook.pdf (3 printed 2000)

• Guidelines On The Use of Military and Civil Defense Assets To Support United Nations Humanitarian Activities in Complex Emergencies March 2003

• Inter-Agency Standing Committee Manual on Internally Displaced Persons http://www.reliefweb.int/ocha_ol/pub/IDPManual.pdf

• International Humanitarian Law – Answers to Your Questions http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList104/C76D0B7E8177D24FC1256C5400573B20

• OCHA Orientation Handbook on Complex Emergencies http://www.reliefweb.int/library/documents/ocha__orientation__handbook_on__.htm#3

• SPHERE Project http://www.sphereproject.org/

• UNHCR Basic Facts http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home?page=basics

• UN in Brief http://www.un.org/Overview/brief.html

• Lessons Learned from US Humanitarian Interventions Abroad http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB30/

VIDEO

• “Welcome to Sarajevo”

• PBS Frontline – “A Triumph of Evil”

• PBS Frontline – “The Lost American”