Source: APCMCOE
New documentary with UN: Mandated to Protect
7 December 2011 posted by APCMCOE

An announcement by the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence.

Used with permission from the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence.

Original, full announcement, Amy Rosnell, APCMCOE, ‘Centre launches new documentary on the topic of Protection of Civilians’:
http://civmilcoe.gov.au/2011/11/centre-launches-new-documentary-on-the-topic-of-protection-of-civilians/

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“Over the past 20 years, Protection of Civilians has moved to the forefront of the Security Council resolutions under which UN peacekeepers are deployed…”
- Notes to the new documentary, Mandate to Protect, available on the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence YouTube Channel.

But what exactly is meant by "protection of civilians"? How are peacekeepers meant to protect? What are the responsibilities of heads of mission and force commanders? How are we to counter crimes against women and children who are increasingly targeted as a tactic of war?

These and other questions are addressed in a new documentary on the Protection of Civilians entitled Mandated to Protect. The Australian Government, in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) launched the documentary in New York on 3 November 2011.

Led by the Asia Pacific Civil-Military Centre of Excellence (APCMCOE), the documentary was produced in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), and UNITAR.
Introduced by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the documentary consists of interviews with UN mission planners, leaders, military commanders, police and civilian personnel, as well as consulting with notable academics and representatives from the ICRC, UN humanitarian agencies, the African Union and NGOs.

The final product will be incorporated into UNITAR’s online training program, as well as being made available to all peacekeeping training centres around the world.

Mandated to Protect is available to view online at the Centre’s YouTube Channel and is also embedded here.

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