Peacekeeping intelligence: Emerging Concepts for the Future Chapter 2—Patrick Cammaert
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Intelligence in Peacekeeping Operations: Lessons for the FuturePatrick C. Cammaert‘We are fully aware of your long-standing limitations in gathering information. The limitations are inherent in the very nature of the United Nations and therefore of any operation conducted by it.’ UN Secretary-General U Thant to the Commander of the UN Operation in the Congo (UNOC), Lt-Gen. Kebbede Guebre, in a coded cable on 24 September 1962. In the last forty years we have seen a quantum leap in technology, weaponry, military capability, war fighting ability and tempo of operations, but in the field of UN Peacekeeping operations little has changed! Our greatest capability remains the ‘Mark I eyeball’. Too often a UN mission is judged as a success or failure based on peacekeeper casualties rather than innocent lives saved. In today’s changing environment, pro-active operations and force security become paramount for successful peacekeeping – in a chapter VI (peace support) or chapter VII (peace enforcement) operation. These are dependent on accurate intelligence. In peacekeeping as in all military operations, the basis of all successful operations is: Accurate, timely intelligence How the commander utilises this, his most precious asset, in the application of his forces to achieve his mission objectives. Directory: dynamaster -> file archive -> 090906 file archive -> Multinational information sharing conference 17-19 december 2007 090906 -> Peacekeeping intelligence: Emerging Concepts for the Future file archive -> Muddy Waters, Rusting Buckets: a skeptical Assessment of U. S naval Effectiveness in the 21st Century by Mr. Robert d steele 090906 -> Intelligence, Peacekeeping and Peacemaking in the Middle East file archive -> The Battle of Algiers and Its Lessons by Sheila K. Johnson file archive -> Reflections on Poverty, the Party, and Collective Public Intelligence & Leadership 090906 -> Peacekeeping intelligence: Emerging Concepts for the Future Chapter 10—Matthew M. Aid 090906 -> Peacekeeping intelligence: Emerging Concepts for the Future Chapter 16—David Ramsbotham, ‘Analysis and Assessment’, ins 10/4 (Oct 95) Download 214 Kb. Share with your friends:
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