Selection and Training of PLA

1. Selection and Training of PLA Personnel for UN Peacekeeping Duties

2. Two Parts of the Speeches • staff officers and military observers • peacekeeping units

3. 13 liberia (UNMIL) 14 West Sahara (MINURSO) 23 Sudan (UNMIS) 7 Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) 7 Cote d’ivroir (UNOCI) 16 Democratic Congo (MONUC) 3 Darfur (UNAMID)

4. Part I the selection and training of staff officers and military observers

5. Contents of training 1 Language training Listening Speaking Reading Writing

6. Contents of training 2 Specialized training Professional skill of military observers English language for peacekeeping Communication and liaison

7. Outline of the training • contents of code of conduct for UN peacekeepers, • general situation of UN, • legal problems, • disarmament, demobilization reintegration (DDR), • China’s participation in UN peacekeeping mission • history of UN, • organization and structure of UN, • the principles , the roles, realities, challenges of peacekeeping operations in UN etc.

8. patrolling, observing, navigating, map-reading, liaison, negotiating, investigating abilities carrying out all the missions as military observers Professional skills of military observers

9. English language for peacekeeping • how to read the alphabetic numbers in military terminology • how to use communication terminology, • how to receive and send telegrams

10. Giving lectures • Trans-cultural exchanges • Mission area briefings • Psychological education • Military topography • Protection of mines

11. Part II the selection and training of peacekeeping units

12. Deployment of units at present • 11 units 1686 people in 5 UN peacekeeping mission areas, including: • one engineer unit of 175 people and one medical unit of 43 people in MONUC • one engineer unit of 275 people and one medical unit of 43 people and one transporting unit of 240 people in UNMIL • one engineer unit of 275 people and one medical unit of 60 people in UNIFIL • One engineer unit of 275 people and one transporting unit of 100 people and one medical unit of 60 people in UNMIS • One engineer unit of 315 people UNAMID

13. Personnel Selection • The selection of personnel for peacekeeping unit is done with selecting organic unit as a base and selecting specialized personnel as supplements to form the whole peacekeeping unit. • Those selected must be healthy, well qualified, hardworking and professional.

14. Personnel training • Basic training, includes: • Military thinking education • Physical and survival training • Peacekeeping acknowledgement training • Briefings of situation in the mission areas • Basic military capabilities training • Discipline and protocol training

15. Training for key members of trainees • Psychological health of peacekeepers • Humanitarian assistance, children protection and trans-culture exchanges • Handling the relations of inter-organizations in the mission area • Management of peacekeeping budget and spending • Safety protection • International human law and law of wars

16. Qualifications of Instructors • we invite experts and specialists of foreign armed forces on peacekeeping operations to give lectures on safety protection, acknowledgement of mine protection, skills of negotiations.

17. Questions & Answers ?

18. Thank you!