On 8 August 2008 DIILS graduated 11 students from 8 countries from its Peacekeeping Latest Developments (PKLD) resident course taught at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. As a result of close coordination with Security Assistance Officers almost all the students were associated with Peacekeeping training and the development of national policy for peace operations. PKLD provided these national leaders and peacekeeping educators with the latest developments in UN and international peacekeeping and stability operations.

Participants discussed these developments, their impact on future peacekeeping involvement throughout the world, and how to help prepare participants at all levels for those operations. The course included a visit to United Nations Headquarters in New York and prominent guest speakers including Mr. Matthew Cordova, Deputy Director Civil-Military Affairs and Strategy, U.S. Department of State who spoke on "Forging a Whole of Government Approach to Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations." The Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) Vicenza, Italy provided an instructor for the course. Inviting an instructor from another peacekeeping training institution was a new innovation for the PKLD course.

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Peacekeeping Latest Development 2008 General Assembly United Nations New York City

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