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training and field deployment of UN
Formed Police Units, FPUs, in line with
UN Police Division policies, standardized
curriculum and readiness standards. It
represented a major breakthrough for the
UN Office for Rule of Law and Security
Institutions, whose mission was to bring
together and create synergy among a range
of key components, including UN police;
justice and corrections elements;
disarmament, demobilization and
reintegration; weapon management and
mine action, and later, security sector
management. As such, we had to
Mr. Dmitry Titov visiting CoESPU
undertake the whole cycle of activities --
from force generation, training and deployment -- to partnering, national capacity building,
production of lessons learned and transfer of policing responsibilities in post-conflict situations to
other national and international partners. The massive scope and volume of UN policing activities
throughout the world -- involving as of today almost 14000 mandated officers, including up to 9000
projected police in FPUs -- requires a considerably strengthened platform to considerably reinforce
the daily work of the Police Division at the UN Headquarters. The challenge was and is daunting,
requiring highly advanced skills, in particular in the area of training and doctrine, with reliable,
world-class partners.
CoESPU is the very model of such a partner. It is open to a range of countries participating in UN
peace operations, especially in Africa, who are interested in creating their own Stability Police Units
and employing those in UN operations. Its main beneficiaries are also the largest UN police
contributors, including Bangladesh, Cameroon, Jordan, Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal, Pakistan, and
others. It is underpinned by Italy’s indispensable global role, as a member of the G20, the G7 and the
current UN Security Council; and as
the largest western contributor of
uniformed personnel to UN
operations.
General Claudio Graziano, Chief of
Italian Defense General Staff and
himself an exceptionally experienced
UN peacekeeper, is always keen to
stress the need for the international
community to adopt a strategic
approach to world affairs so as to
prevent cycles of instability. The UN-
CoESPU partnership represents
exactly such an approach. As a result Mr. Dmitry Titov and Brigadier General Giovanni Pietro Barbano
of this partnership, CoESPU has launched several new training projects better tailored to UN needs,
comprising courses for FPU Commanders dedicated to relations between police, civilian and military

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