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and peace, soldiers and
civilians, tend to blur.
Given the primacy of
PoC in the vast majority
of peacekeeping
missions, the UN
Department of
Peacekeeping Operations
(UN DPKO) and the
Member States have
promoted specific
training activities
adjusted to conform and
engineered around
building the requisite
knowledge and skills.
Aleppo, Syria, civilians fleeing from the fighting In this frame our Center

of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU), as doctrinal hub and renewed training center at
international level, has introduced specialized courses, focused on developing mission-specific
analysis and cases, plus scenario-based training, and involving civilian, police and military
protection actors with a view to establish a shared understanding of the current and future UN
protection challenges as well as of the most suitable response mechanisms and sequences, in
accordance with the latest UN policy, strategy and guidelines.
The Protection of Civilians represents then the true challenge for the future and it requires a
common effort towards achieving this ambitious goal: CoESPU is glad to actively participate in
supporting all the global UN challenges, allowing all future peacekeepers to better perform their
specific duties and mandates in the field.

Written by:
Captain Alberto Veronese
CoESPU Magazine Editor

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