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South Asia Peace
Operations Seminar-Game
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kathmandu,
Nepal
25 February - 1 March 2002
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The Royal Nepalese Army, US Pacific Command, Center of Excellence
in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance and the United
Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations jointly sponsored
a five-day seminar-game from 25 February to 1 March 2002 at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The purpose of the seminar-game was to further develop multilateral,
multifunctional, operational-level peace operations skills, and
through tactical-level vignettes, gain insights into capacity-building
and training requirements in the Asia Pacific Region.
Prajwalla SJB Rana, Chief of the Royal Nepalese Army, opened the
seminar-game with welcoming remarks, followed by a keynote address
delivered by H. E. Mr. Michael E. Malinowski, Ambassador to the
United States.
Thirty-nine participants representing the humanitarian, civilian
police and military communities attended from 20 countries, including
Canada, Fiji, Indonesia, Jordan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malaysia,
Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, People's Republic of
China, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, United Kingdom,
United States, and Vanuatu.
The goals of the seminar-game were to:
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Understand and explore the operational-level issues associated
with entering, conducting and exiting a modern peace operation;
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Examine capacity-building and training required to optimize
participation in peace operations and to;
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Enhance national and regional interagency coordination and
cooperation.
Participants were divided into three syndicate groups with each
addressing three "moves" designed to generate discussion
and provide opportunities for clarification on the roles, tasks
and challenges posed by a complicated UN-mandated peace operation
scenario. For each move, the groups briefed the Special Representative
to the Secretary General and senior mission leadership, represented
by role players with real-world mission experience, on their plan
of action. The final move focused on the training needed to properly
conduct the simulated mission, with focus on training needs for
South Asia nations who would participate in a UN mission.
This seminar-game is part of the Asia Pacific Peace Operations
Capacity Building Program; an ongoing joint effort between host
countries in the Asia Pacific Region, the United Nations Department
of Peacekeeping and US Pacific Command to enhance the region's capability
and capacity to participate in UN mandated peace operations. The
program is administered by the Center of Excellence in Disaster
Management And Humanitarian Assistance.
The next seminar-game in this series takes place 8 - 12 April 2002
in Jakarta, Indonesia.
For more information on peace oprations, including events, tools,
resources and lessons learned, see the peace operations section
of the Asia-Pacific Area Nework website at http://www.apan-info.net.
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