YouSaid · the spoken record

Holmberg

lines on the record

15

first

2019-05-07

most recent

2019-05-07

sittings or episodes

1

sources

un-security-council

Every line below is reproduced as it was said and linked to the record it came from. Nothing here is summarised or generated. Directory · Search · Corrections

1. “The Challenges Forum partnership is committed and prepared to accompany the Security Council on this imperative journey ahead, which is paved not only by challenges, but also by opportunities.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

2. “We will also continue to seek complementarities and synergies with the Effectiveness of Peace Operations Network, which provides essential and evidence-based insights, the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres and important Action for Peacekeeping initiatives, such as the Egyptian Government's Cairo Roadmap. Twenty years ago, I stood by the East River as a young United Nations junior professional officer. Now with some grey in my beard, I still feel quite inspired and see opportunities to work for One United Nations and increase the effectiveness of peace operations. To that end, all of us must keep walking the walk, convert words into action and turn Action for Peacekeeping commitments into real results on the ground.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

3. “The participants will review similar themes discussed by the Security Council at last week's Security Council retreat, namely, the primacy of politics, strengthening peacebuilding in peace operations, and effective transitions. Furthermore, we will also look at coherent and effective mission leadership and management. We hope to be able to brief the Security Council on the outcomes and recommendations at a future meeting. Finally, the Challenges Forum partnership will continue to work closely with the Secretariat, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and Member States on training and capacity-building.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

4. “In 2020, the Challenges Forum aims to launch a web- and application-based leadership e-tool for in-mission support, in cooperation with the United Nations, together with interactive artificial intelligence and tailor-made support for leaders in specific posts, example cases and videos with guidance from former leaders, both for online and offline use so it can be used in mission settings. One of Challenges Forum's strategic objectives is to support the effective development and reform of peace operations, and another is to help strengthen mission leadership. From 9 to 11 June, Challenges Forum partner the Government of Canada will host our 2019 Annual Forum, looking at both those examples, especially in connection with the "how" and "who" aspects of the implementation of the action for peacekeeping initiative from a field perspective.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

5. “That is especially important to civilian leaders, as they usually have had less exposure to scenario- based training than uniformed personnel. Training together builds the cohesion of teams and increases preparedness, effectiveness and the capability to manage mission security. Thirdly, we must ensure sustainability and expand on the initiative to provide mentors for women and men serving as senior mission leaders. Leadership is a harsh task, many times without simple decisions, but balancing between polarities, such as host-country consent, on the one hand, and the protection of civilians, on the other. Mentors can play an important role in helping senior mission leaders cope with and manage difficult considerations.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

6. “The report prepared by Lieutenant General (Retired) Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, entitled "Improving Security of United Nations Peacekeepers", also highlights that effective leadership is a key condition for security. First, it is important to strengthen training of leaders on team-based leadership to function effectively as a mission leadership team, but also to apply modern management tools and approaches, that is, to have tools to convert Vision and political strategies into action and mission results for peace. The initiative of the Secretariat and the Department of Peace Operations on the comprehensive performance assessment system is an important step in that direction. Secondly, in addition to predeployment training, it is also important to provide in-mission, scenario- based training for senior- and middle-management teams.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

7. “Turning to the second area of the briefing - the partnership's work on senior-mission leadership - it has been led by eight co-Chairs from the United Service Institution of India; the Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding of Egypt; the Civil- Military Centre of Australia; the Folke Bernadotte Academy of Sweden; the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute of the United States of America; the National Defence University of Pakistan; the Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces of Switzerland; and the Institute for Security Studies of South Africa, all in consultations with the Secretariat. Three generic recommendations can be extracted for improving safety, security and performance.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

8. “Furthermore, to improve training, online surveys can be used as part ofmonitoring and evaluation systems to determine whether training was effective and/or can be improved. Finally, all uniformed personnel should have completed the online training, entitled "Basic and advanced security in the field", provided by the United Nations Department of Safety and Security, before deployment. With regard to this topic and with the memory still fresh of yesterday's service for peacekeepers who fell serving the cause of peace in 2018, the Challenges Forum also recommends that all peacekeeping stakeholders - both Member States and the Secretariat - ensure that they fulfil their responsibility of care for returning military, police and civilian peacekeeping personnel.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

9. “Moreover, the Elsie Initiative could be used to identify mechanisms and incentives to encourage troop- and police-contributing countries to increase women deploying to the field, especially in identifying and including a critical mass of female mid-management officers, in addition to the present efforts for positions at the senior level. Fourthly, it is essential to clearly communicate information on the priority of different training gaps and needs so that Member States can concentrate their support. The use of a light coordination mechanism, highlighted in the shared commitments of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative and implemented by the Department of Peace Operations, could also be used for that.”

   2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

10. “Secondly, in addition to learning from our mistakes, it is perhaps equally important to build on good practices on safety, security and performance. Based on the risk premium award process, the Secretariat and field missions could identify and share examples and case studies of instances where peacekeepers have performed exceptionally in the field for use as part of training exercises. Thirdly, Member States, the Secretariat and field missions can use the Elsie Initiative on Women in Peace Operations for improving operational effectiveness, for example, by deploying women in operational and outward-facing roles, such as female engagement teams and female investigation teams, but also in combat-related roles, thereby broadening the spectrum of deployment.”

    2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

11. “Starting with the Challenges Annual Forum 2018, I would like to share four recommendations for safety, security and performance. First, the United Nations Secretariat could, in cooperation with Member States, develop an interactive electronic archive of different complex and challenging scenarios. Those could be used for field training and generic training exercises. That should be complemented with mission-specific training on the operational environment shortly prior to deployment and combined with an effective e-roster of troop- and police-contributing countries to ensure just-in-time training. That would allow for a better understanding of the context they will be deploying to and entrench the necessary mindset.”

    2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

12. “The purpose of this briefing is twofold: first, to share the partners' recommendations relevant to today's topics from our 2018 Annual Forum, which was hosted by the Folke Bernadotte Academy and the Swedish armed forces in Stockholm in November; and, secondly, to share recommendations from Challenges Forum's updated guidance for senior mission leaders of United Nations peace operations, a process which was initiated by the Indonesian Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2016 and furthered by the Center for Strategic Research of the Turkish Ministry for Foreign Affairs at our Annual Forum in Istanbul 2017. The Challenges Forum's report entitled Considerations for Mission Leadership in United Nations Peacekeeping has been a key guidance in United Nations training of mission leaders since 2010.”

    2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

13. “Once again, we have a unique opportunity to benefit from the fruits of United Nations reforms, not least regarding the shared commitments of the Action for Peacekeeping initiative, which are aimed at refining one of the United Nations and its Member States' most important instruments for peace, security and reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. This comes at a time when the United Nations and other multilateral institutions are needed more than they have been in many years.”

    2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

14. “For more than 20 years, the Challenges Forum has used its convening power to build bridges, generate innovative ideas and promote results for more effective peace operations. In 1989, when I entered the Peace and Conflict Studies programme, the Berlin Wall came tumbling down and the Cold War ended. Ten years later, I stood outside the gates of the United Nations as a Junior Professional Officer inspired and guided by the late Secretary-General Kofi Annan's words and mantra "Delivering as One", or "One United Nations", to avoid stovepipes and work effectively together towards common goals.”

    2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source

15. “Mr. Holmberg: I would like to start by congratulating the Indonesian presidency for organizing this open debate on training and capacity to improve the safety, security and performance of United Nations peacekeepers. Furthermore, I would like to commend today's important presidential statement S/PRST/2019/4, which paves the way for our work ahead. I thank you, Madam President, for providing space for the International Forum for the Challenges of Peace Operations. The Challenges Forum is a partnership of 49 departments and organizations from all over the globe - civilian, military and police. Seven out of the Security Council's 15 members are also partners of the Challenges Forum.”

    2019-05-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8521 (2019) · source