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This year, from 21st to 26th May, upon a specific request of the Rwanda Police Headquarters, a
CoESPU team, headed by Brigadier General Giovanni Pietro Barbano, conducted a scouting mission,
checking the chance of future forms of cooperation in the field of UN training for peace operators.
In this regard, the Rwanda Police expressed its concern for the Carabinieri-type gendarmerie model and
the CoESPU training expertize in order to launch an educational cycle for its police officer deployed at
home as well as in UN missions around the world.
During official visit, the CoESPU team had the opportunity to visit the Kigali Memorial Centre,
honoring the memory of the more than one million Rwandans killed in 1994 and sharing the
Carabinieri message of remembrance, peace and hope to the people of Rwanda.
A unique experience to learn, to resolve to heal and to move beyond such horribly events as the 100
days in 1994, when a million people in Rwanda lost their lives to senseless tribalism and hatred that
turned into deathly violence, renewing the collective pledge of “never again”.
In this context, as doctrinal hub for Stability Policing and UN training center, CoESPU renewed its
commitment and efforts, thanks to the support and the strategic partnership with the United Nations and
the United States Department of State under its Global Peace Operations Initiative, to increase the
cooperation and coordination among the three fundamental pillars of every peace operation or special
political mission: the military, the police and the civilian components, working together to address their
respective roles, competencies and tasks, such as protection of civilians, humanitarian assistance,
negotiation, stabilization, reconstruction and development aid, aiming to address peace and security
around the world.

Written by:

Capt Alberto VERONESE
CoESPU Managing Editor

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