The Cairo Worldwide Middle for Battle Decision, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Defence, organised a pre-deployment coaching for the primary batch of Egyptian feminine navy contingents to be deployed to UN peacekeeping operations. Their deployment will mark a milestone in Egypt’s contribution to peacekeeping, and its general efforts to advance the implementation of the Girls, Peace, and Safety agenda. It additionally reaffirms Egypt’s robust dedication to reinforce significant feminine participation in peace operations.
The coaching aimed to construct the capacities of 30 Egyptian feminine navy contingents to be deployed within the United Nations Multidimensional Built-in Stabilization Mission within the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).
In his remarks on the opening ceremony, Alaa Kassem, Chief of the Liaison Company with Worldwide Organisations (LAWIO), highlighted the Ministry of Protection’s efforts to reinforce feminine participation in UN Peacekeeping and its dedication to advance peace and safety on the African continent. He said that “the upcoming deployment of feminine peacekeepers marks a big step within the Ministry’s technique to reinforce the effectiveness of peace operations, significantly by way of leveraging ladies’s key roles in such contexts.”
Ahmed Abdel-Latif, Director Common of CCCPA, offered an outline of Egypt’s key contribution to UN peacekeeping missions, noting that it’s the sixth largest troop- and police-contributing nation. Moreover, he highlighted the pivotal function of girls peacekeepers in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of UN peacekeeping missions, together with by way of constructing belief with native communities, significantly with ladies and youngsters, and stopping sexual exploitation and abuse. He additionally highlighted CCCPA’s function as an African Union Middle of Excellence and the one civilian peacekeeping coaching centre within the Arab world, capitalizing on its potential to ship coaching programs in Arabic. Ambassador Abdel-Latif praised the continuing collaboration with LAWIO and the Ministry of Defence, significantly within the context of organizing pre-deployment trainings, in addition to the Authorities of Japan for its long-standing partnership with the Middle, together with for the supply of peacekeeping coaching.
Oka Hiroshi, Ambassador of Japan to Egypt, underscored Japan’s dedication to reinforce peace and safety in Africa by supporting key coaching centres, resembling CCCPA, within the supply of coaching and capability constructing packages and actions. He highlighted the necessary function of girls in implementing peace processes, in keeping with UN Safety Council Decision 1325, and recommended the coaching as a milestone in advancing the function and participation of Egyptian feminine peacekeepers.
Based mostly on the UN’s Core Pre-Deployment Coaching Materials (CPTM), the coaching combines informative and analytical classes in regards to the scenario within the Central African Republic and MINUSCA’s mandate, UN peacekeeping rules, worldwide humanitarian regulation and human rights, the foundations of engagement, safety of civilians, the function of girls in peacekeeping, and stopping sexual exploitation and abuse.
Pre-deployment coaching is held underneath CCCPA’s present venture “Enhancing Peace, Safety and Stability in Africa-VII (2021-2022)”, funded by the Authorities of Japan by way of UNDP.
