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Communications
Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
Tel.: 613-520-5617
Fax: 613-520-3787
Press releases
October 15, 2009 (Ottawa, Canada): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) will be working with Latin America Training Centres and their association, ALCOPAZ, to enhance their ability to provide civilians, military and police support for United Nations peace operations.
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October 11, 2009 (Lusaka, Zambia): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) is hosting a Women in Peace Operations seminar for female police officers working within South African Development Community (SADC) countries.
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September 21, 2009 (Ottawa, ON): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) is providing a state-of-the-art course to senior military officers from 30 countries. Participants from Africa, Asia, Central America and Europe, will spend three weeks at the PPC’s training facility in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, to enhance their knowledge and skills of complex peace operations.
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August 7, 2009 (Ottawa, ON): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) is advancing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1820 (UN SCR 1820), which addresses the prevention of sexual violence in conflict zones, by bringing United Nations Police (UNPOL) officers to the Security Council open-debate on UN SCR 1820 in New York.
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May 13, 2009 (Ottawa, ON): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) and the Centro Conjunto Para Operaciones de Paz de Chile (CECOPAC) are hosting a joint seminar entitled Initiatives and Challenges to Integrated Training for MINUSTAH Regional Contributors, on May 13 and 14, in Santiago, Chile.
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Read the report: (English – PDF, 451 KB) (Spanish – PDF, 487 KB)
March 19, 2009 (Cornwallis, Nova Scotia): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) concluded its third successful Senior Management Course (SMC) today which has enhanced the skills and knowledge of senior military officers to effectively contribute and lead peace operations.
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March 9, 2009 (Ottawa, ON): To mark International Women’s Day, the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) is launching a video detailing its efforts towards preventing the sexual violence and abuse of women in Darfur.
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February 9, 2009 (Ottawa, ON): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) has renewed its partnership with the German Federal Foreign Office to continue funding capacity development activities in Africa.
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January 7, 2009 (Ottawa, ON): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) continues to advance Canada’s contribution to global peace and security with the start of its sixth United Nations Integrated Mission Staff Officer Course (UNIMSOC).
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September 5, 2008 (Ottawa, ON): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) has secured funding from the Government of Canada’s Global Peace and Security Fund to develop and implement a training program to enhance the operational effectiveness of African police and military personnel selected for the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Sudan.
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September 2, 2008 (Egypt): The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) with funding from the German government is delivering a police training course hosted by the Cairo Regional Centre for Training on Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA).
Read the press release here.