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The POM site, run by the Peace Operations Working Group, provides an independent source of information about the mandates, multifaceted composition, structures, performance and challenges of UN and other peace operations. It draws on publicly available data from UN, NATO, national government, media, academic, and NGO sources regarding military deployments and humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities to reveal a more comprehensive picture of selected international peace operations.

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Peace Operations

The Peace Operations Working Group (POWG) collaborates on in-depth research and public and NGO-Government dialogue on peace operations to facilitate Canadian civil society involvement in the formulation of policy on peace operations and in the identification of options for policy implementation. The POWG also encourage governments to take practical steps to increase the coherence and effectiveness of peace operations in each of their civilian, civilian-police and military aspects; and to promote peace operations as an important instrument of Canadian international policies.

Fact Sheet

 

CANADA’S CONTRIBUTION TO UN PEACEKEEPING

The Peace Operations Working Group has published an end-of-decade review of Canada's role in UN peacekeeping. The fact-sheet examines Canada's current military deployments, its rank internationally among contributors to UN Peacekeeping, its military and police contributions to peacekeeping and its contributions to the UN peacekeeping budget. All the facts are analyzed in the context of unprecedented demand for UN peacekeepers.

Download the fact sheet

 

 

 

 

Peace Operations Blog

Visit the POWG BLOG and stay informed of the working group's activities and general developments on peace operations

Multimedia

In the cause of Peace: Honouring 60 years of UN Peacekeeping

United Nations-2009 

 

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For more information on the Working Group, contact:

Dominic Leger, Coordinator, Peace Operations Working Group
World Federalist Movement, 207-145 Spruce Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6P1 Canada
Telephone: (613) 232-0647
Fax: (613) 563-0017
E-mail: powg@peacebuild.ca

Working Group Steering Committee:

  • Hilary Homes, Amnesty International
  • Peggy Mason, Group of 78
  • Jocelyn Coulon, Réseau francophone de recherche sur les opérations de paix 
  • David Lord, Peacebuild
  • Sarah Meharg, Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
  • Fergus Watt, World Federalists Movement – Canada
  • Lara Olson, Peacebuilding  Development and Security Program (PDSP), Center for Military and Strategic Studies  University of Calgary
  • Surendrini Wijeyaratne, CCIC
  • Paul Larose-Edwards, CANADEM
  • Amy Brathwaite, UNA Canada
  • Peter Langille, Pugwash Canada