Spain and UNIFIL: Managing Future Scenarios

Spain and UNIFIL: Managing Future Scenarios

On 11 December 2008, the Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax) convened a closed-door meeting aimed at working with the Spanish Government in the preparation of a strategy for the management of its current role in UNIFIL and eventual position as lead-nation. CITpax proposed a one-day workshop in which three experts presented scenarios to representatives from various institutions in the Spanish Government in order to trigger planning for the challenges ahead. The meeting included representatives from the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs, as well as from the relevant offices of the Presidency of the Government, and presented the opportunity to share their views with renowned civilian and military experts on the Middle East and Lebanon.

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The Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax) and the International Peace Institute (IPI) convened a two day meeting focused on the multiple perspectives of UNIFIL’s political and managerial challenges, taking into account the complex context the peace operation is deployed in. The emphasis was on lessons-learned for the United Nations, the multinational force, their multiple partners with a special focus on the Spanish deployment. The event brought together policy-makers and researchers from UNIFIL, the UN headquarters, troop contributing countries, Israel, and Lebanon to discuss UNIFIL...Read more