Environmental Ambassadors is formal association (established in May 2004) of leading experts in sustainable development and environment related issues: -policy, - governance; - security, - diplomacy, - strategic planning, - impact assessment, - due diligence, - accession, as well as waste management, cleaner technologies, infrastructure, local development,  biodiversity, rural development,  change and renewable energy related issues. Register for educational activities.  Environmental Ambassadors developed curricula for BELLS (Balkan Environment Life Leadership Standards) Courses.  Read more...

 The Responsibility to Protect and Peacemaking

Innovative ideas have played an important role in steering international responses to global threats and challenges, but no concept has moved faster in the area of global norms than the "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P).   At the 2005 UN World Summit, world leaders unanimously accepted their responsibility to protect their own populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Read more...

Dr. Abiodun Williams is Vice President of the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, DC.

The Peace Operations Training Institute is pleased to offer the course Principles and Guidelines for UN Peacekeeping Operations (PAG) free of charge. PAG has been developed in consultation with the Peacekeeping Best Practices Section of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations' Policy, Evaluation and Training Division. It is based on the internal DPKO/DFS publication entitled United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Principles and Guidelines, which is more widely known under its informal name Capstone Doctrine.
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