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On 27 June 2011, the Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) hosted a book launch of the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations, released by the Center on International Cooperation (New York University).
Mr Jake Sherman, Deputy Director for Programs (Conflict) and Contributing Editor of the Annual Review, and Mr Andrew Sinclair, Program Officer, Global Peace Operations, and lead researcher and volume editor, presented the main findings of the book.
Mr Alan Doss, Visiting Fellow at the GCSP and former SRSG in the DRC and in Liberia, also offered remarks on the 2011 Annual Review. The event was chaired by Dr Thierry Tardy, GCSP Faculty Member.
 Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Praise for the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2011 :
"As we work to strengthen peacekeeping operations to respond to current and future challenges, the intellectual rigor, analysis, and data presented in the Annual Review makes it an indispensable resource for policymakers, practitioners, and academics alike. This volume is a tremendous contribution."
—ATUL KHARE
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
"Just as peacekeeping operations seek to respond to quickly changing environments on the ground, they also need the tools to ensure that peacebuilding processes start as soon as contexts will permit. The Annual Review of Global Peace Operations gives us these tools and is a must read for decision makers and peacekeepers as peace operations continue to evolve."
—ELLEN MARGARETHE LØJ
Special Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Mission in Liberia
The Global Peace Operations program's Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2011 is the most comprehensive publication of its kind, covering both UN and non-UN peace operations during 2010. The Annual Review 2011, the sixth edition in a series begun in 2006, continues to inform policy-makers, academics, practitioners, the media, and peacekeeping stakeholders about peacekeeping trends and mission developments. Unique in its breadth of coverage, the Review provides analysis and detailed data on UN, AU, NATO, EU, and ad hoc peacekeeping missions. Released prior to the UN General Assembly's Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, the Annual Review is an invaluable resource for the international community as it considers the crucial role of peace operations in conflict management. The project is supported by the Peacekeeping Best Practices Section of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the African Union Peace and Security Department.
The focus of the 2011 edition is on peacekeeping transitions, including the withdrawal of peacekeepers and the handing over of responsibility to national authorities, another international presence, or other regional and local actors. The 2011 edition covers a year in which global peace operations continued to grow in overall levels of deployment despite expectations that significant operational, political, and financial pressure would lead to downsizing. While much of the growth can be attributed to the United States' reinforcement of NATO's operation in Afghanistan, both UN and AU deployments also increased. Significant year-end deployments of additional forces to Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, and Somalia reflected continuing demand for UN and regional peacekeeping arrangements. Yet, while overall growth continued, the rate of UN increase slowed significantly due to phased drawdown in stable environments, as well as diminishing and, in some cases, denial of national consent for operations resulting in mission closure or downsizing. These pressures, combined with the international community's unwillingness to mandate new operations amid fiscal constraints, mean that the era of large-scale growth in global peace operations may be coming to a close.
- Foreword by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former head UN Peacekeeping and Senior Fellow
- Director's Comment by Bruce D. Jones, Director of the Center on International Cooperation
- Strategic Summary of key trends in both UN and non-UN missions during 2010
- Thematic Essay by Ian Johnstone called "Peacekeeping's Transitional Moment", Johnstone explores the pressures and operational dilemmas facing peace operations at the moment of transition and discusses transition strategies to help manage them.
- In-depth mission reviews of peacekeeping operations undergoing transition in Chad and the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Liberia, Sudan, and Timor-Leste
- Mission reviews of peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Georgia, Kosovo, the Middle East, Moldova-Transdniestria, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, and the Western Sahara
- Global statistics on UN-Commanded Missions
- Global Statistics on Non-UN-Commanded Missions
- UN Mission-by-Mission Statistics
- Map of 2010 Global Peace Operations (click the layers icon
 in top left-corner of the Acrobat window to view missions by type and origin)
All maps in the publication are provided by the United Nations Cartographic Section. For further information, please visit their website at: United Nations Cartographic Section
On Thursday June 23, the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) and the Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) hosted a launch:
Thursday June 23, 2011, 18:00 – 19:30
ESMT European School of Management and Technology
Schlossplatz 1 | 10178 Berlin (Staatsratsgebäude)
Carlos Lopes
Director of the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC)
Executive Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Ian Johnstone
Professor of International Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Jake Sherman
Deputy Director for Programs, Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Almut Wieland-Karimi
Director, Center for International Peace Operations
The Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2011 was launched on 10 May 2011 by the the Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping at the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C.
Remarks were provided by:
Andrew M. Sinclair
Program Officer, Global Peace Operations program Center for International Cooperation
Madeline England
Research Analyst, Future of Peace Operations program Henry L. Stimson Center
Erin Weir
Senior Peacekeeping Advocate
Refugees International
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The Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2011 was launched for the African Union on 14 April 2011 at the Goethe-Institut in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. More than eighty officials, academics, and practitioners attended the event, which was held in partnership with the German Embassy to Ethiopia.
Speakers included:
Colin Stewart, Chief of Staff and Deputy head of UNOAU (United Nations Office to the African Union)
Michael Biontino, Deputy Head of Mission and Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Ethiopia
Dr. Admore Mupoki Kambudzi, Secretary to the AU Peace and Security Council
Jake Sherman, Deputy Director of Programs (Conflict) for the Center on International Cooperation at NYU
 View an image gallery of the Launch for the African Union
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On Tuesday February 22nd the Center on International Cooperation and the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations hosted the official launch of the Annual Review of Global Peace Operations 2011 at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations. Speakers for the event included: H. E. Ambassador Miguel Berger Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations Susana Malcorra Under-Secretary-General of the Department of Field Support Jake Sherman Deputy Director for Programs (Conflict), Center on International Cooperation
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