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Implementation of Security CouncilResolution 1325 (2000) in Africa (New)[In English]Security Council resolution 1325 (2000), unanimouslyadopted in October 2000, sets out a policy framework forwomen and peace and security. This course introducesthe main principles of the resolution and provides practicalguidelines on how to implement it at the national level,including through the development of national action plans.While informative for any student interested in the topic,the course was especially designed for people who workat the highest decision-making levels, especially at thenational level, in Africa and who require a practical toolto support and facilitate the implementation of SCR 1325(2000). The course is based on background information,analysis, and a wide range of studies. The first threelessons focus more broadly on the issues of women, peace,and security; the UN’s role and views on the subject; andSCR 1325 (2000) itself. Within this context, Lessons 4and 5 highlight the challenges and priorities specific to theAfrican region. Lesson 6 examines the role of both regionaland subregional organizations in supporting nationalimplementation of the resolution. The final lesson providesguidelines for creating and implementing a national actionplan. Seven lessons, 244 pages.COURSE AUTHOR: The United Nations Entity for GenderEquality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)Implementation of Security CouncilResolution 1325 (2000) in Latin America andthe Caribbean[In English]This course, much like its sister course Implementationof Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) in Africa,introduces the student to SCR 1325 (2000) and the policyguidelines it outlines on women and peace and security. AsImplementation of Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000)in Africa does, the first three lessons of this course focus onthe issues of women, peace, and security; the UN’s role andviews on the subject; and SCR 1325 (2000) itself. Withinthis context, Lessons 4 and 5 highlight the challenges andpriorities specific to the Latin American and Caribbeanregion. The final lesson provides guidelines for creatingand implementing a national action plan. Six lessons, 221pages.COURSE AUTHOR: The United Nations Entity for GenderEquality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)Preventing Violence Against Women andGender Inequality in Peacekeeping[In English, French, and Spanish]Gender inequality and violence against women affect thelives of every person, regardless of age or gender. Thiscourse aims to assist peacekeeping personnel to promotethe human rights and security of women and girls. It doesso through lessons emphasizing the nature and scope ofviolence against women and girls around the globe, theconnections between gender inequality and violence in bothpublic and domestic spaces, as well as on interpersonal,community, national, regional, and international levels.Other lessons cover women’s rights as human rights andthe international UN mandate to involve women in keyroles within peacemaking and peacebuilding processes atevery stage and every level of authority. Readings and casestudies provide examples to assist peacekeeping personnelwith considering how they, as individuals and as teams, canwork to promote gender equality and to change the attitudesand behaviours that perpetuate violence. Ten lessons, 310pages.COURSE AUTHORS: AnnJanette Rosga, Ph.D., inassociation with Megan Bastick and Anja Ebnöther of theGeneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces(DCAF).Gender Perspectives in United NationsPeacekeeping Operations (Revised 9/2011)[In English, French, and Spanish]This course addresses the conceptual and operationalissues involved in integrating a gender perspective intomultidimensional peace operations. It describes theproblems related to gender within contemporary armedconflict by contextualizing the evolution of gender relationswithin the history of world conflict. The course alsoexplores many important concepts such as gender equity,gender balance, and gender equality, along with severalunderreported realities of conflict, such as sexual violenceagainst males and sexual exploitation and abuse committedby UN peacekeepers. Invoking the various UN and non-UNinstruments of human rights and gender equality, the courseemphasizes the need for women to play a strategic rolein all levels of decision-making in regional, national, andinternational institutes and mechanisms. Seven lessons,264 pages.COURSE AUTHOR: Ximena Jimenez, BS, MA, MSc.International Gender, Women, Peace, and SecurityConsultant to the UN, the Club of Madrid, and otherinternational organizations and universities.UN Photo #450281 by Olivier Chassot6
LOGISTICS COURSESHISTORY COURSESLogistical Support to UN Peacekeeping: AnIntroduction[In English, French, and Spanish]Revised in 2010 to reflect the changes to the United NationsLogistics system, this course introduces students to logisticsoperations in UN peace operations. This basic coursegives the background and rationale behind United NationsPeacekeeping logistics, the strategy employed in the fieldand at Headquarters, introduces the mission life-cycle,explains how financial support is gained, and introducesthe different components that make up integrated logisticssupport in a field mission. Eight lessons, 248 pages.COURSE AUTHOR: Mr. Kamran Baig, Coordinator ofCommon Services at the UN Office at Nairobi (UNON) andformerly served at ONUB, UNMIL, UNLB, and UNMIBHOperational Logistical Support of UNPeacekeeping: Intermediate Logistics(Revised 8/2011)[In English, French, and Spanish]This course provides the student with a background inintermediate-level topics of United Nations OperationalLogistics. Topics include: an overview of UN operationallogistics, command and control, planning, supply,engineering support, transportation, aviation and airservices, maintenance, medical aspects of logisticalsupport, communications, and postal and courierservices. Ten Lessons, 182 pages.COURSE AUTHOR: Major Don Leslie, CanadianForces, Ret.Advanced Topics in UN Logistics: TheProvision of Troops and Contingent-OwnedEquipment (COE) and the Method forReimbursement[In English, French, and Spanish]The purpose of this Advanced Logistics course is toprovide students with an in-depth look at the provisionof, and reimbursement for, troops and equipment thattroop contributing countries provide to UN peacekeepingmissions. The primary reference is the UN COE Manualand for ease of reference the lessons follow the samesequence as the manual. Students will understand whatthe COE system was designed to achieve and the rationalebehind its creation. Topics include standard elements ofCOE, verification, transportation, loss and damage, rates,and responsibilities. References include glossary of terms,rate tables, and a sample MOU. Ten lessons, 158 pages.History of UN Peacekeeping OperationsDuring the Cold War: 1945 to 1987[In English, French, and Spanish]This course provides students with an understandingof the genesis, origin, evolution, functioning, andeffectiveness of UN peacekeeping during the ColdWar. It covers the Arab-Israeli conflict and missions inKorea, Lebanon, the Congo, India and Pakistan, theMiddle East, Cyprus, and Africa. Military peacekeepingis discussed as a means to promote the peacefulsettlement of disputes. Eleven lessons, 206 pages.COURSE AUTHOR: Professor Sunil Ram, CanadianForces Ret; based in part on the original course by thelate Mr. F.T. Liu, former UN Assistant-Secretary-Generalfor Special Political Affairs.History of UN Peacekeeping OperationsFollowing the Cold War: 1988 to 1996[In English, French, and Spanish]This course traces the resurgence and subsequentretrenchment of UN peacekeeping and peaceenforcement during the years following the Cold War,discussing both the successes and the failures. It coversthe operations in the Persian Gulf, Yugoslavia, Somalia,Rwanda, Mozambique, Angola, Cambodia, and CentralAmerica. Eleven lessons, approximately 325 pages.COURSE AUTHOR: Professor Sunil RamHistory of UN Peacekeeping Operationsfrom Retrenchment to Resurgence: 1997 to2006[In English, French, and Spanish]This course traces the retrenchment of UNpeacekeeping operations in the late 1990s and early21st Century, which led to a growth in the size, scope,and complexity of new and existing UN peacekeepingand peace enforcement operations. The course coversoperations in Haiti, Guatemala, the Balkans, and Africa.Eight lessons, 330 pages.COURSE AUTHOR: Professor Sunil RamCOURSE AUTHOR: Major Don Leslie, CanadianForces, Ret.7
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