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North East Asia Peace Operations Seminar-Game
Chinggis Khaan Hotel, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
17 - 21 February 2002

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The Government of Mongolia, US Pacific Command, the Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance and the United Nations Department of Peace Keeping Operations jointly sponsored a five-day multinational seminar-game 17 - 21 2002 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

The purpose was to further develop multilateral, multifunctional, operational-level peace operations skills, and to gain insights into requirements for performing multinational UN peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions.

The goals of the seminar-game were to:

1. Understand and explore the operational-level issues associated with entering, conducting and exiting a modern peace operation;

2. Examine the need for capacity-building and training required to optimize participation in peace operations and;

3. Enhance national and regional interagency coordination and cooperation.

Thirty-five delegates participated from 14 countries, including Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russia, Thailand, United States, and Vanuatu, with civilian representation from the government of Mongolia, the International Committee of the Red Cross, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme.

Participants addressed a fictional, but realistically complicated UN-mandated peace operation scenario through a combination of plenary and working group breakout sessions. They were required to evaluate issues on behalf of the senior leadership of a mission as they prepared for a Multi-national Force (MNF) intervention under a UN Security Council mandate. The intervention was authorized under Chapter VII of the Charter and would be conducted by a coalition working under a Lead Nation. The operation was then intended to transition to a UN led force once a secure environment had been established.

Experts provided realistic role play as the Special Representative to the Secretary General, Force Commander, Humanitarian Coordinator and Civilian Police Commissioner. The tabletop game was divided into three "moves". Move 1 focused on assessment and mission planning, Move 2 on operational-level humanitarian, law and order, and disarmament planning and Move 3 on strategic planning.

For more information on peace oprations, including events, tools, resources and lessons learned, see the peace operations section of the Asia-Pacific Area Nework website at http://www.apan-info.net.

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Past Asia Pacific Peace Operations Capacity Building Program Events:

Philippines 2000
Thailand 2000
Bangladesh 2000
Malaysia 2001
Nepal 2002
Indonesia 2002
Mongolia 2002
USA 2002
Thailand 2002
Japan 2003
Rep. of Korea 2003
Philippines 2003
India 2004
Thailand 2004
USA 2004
Mongolia 2004
Fiji 2005
Sri Lanka 2005
Manila 2005
Malaysia 2005
Honolulu 2005
Malaysia 2006
Phnom Penh 2007
Honolulu 2007

Photo by Robin Hayden