American Civilian Police in UN Peace Operations: Lessons Learned and Ideas for the Future;Special rept

摘要

This report presents the major issues, concerns, and recommendations that emerged from the United States Institute of Peace symposium 'American Civilian Police in International Peace Operations: What Have We Learned. Is There More We Can Do.' held on March 14-15, 2001. The symposium was organized by the Institute's Training Program in collaboration with the Program on Peacekeeping Policy at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia. The two-day symposium, structured around four panel sessions and two working groups, brought together American civilian police officers, government and intergovernmental officials, practioniers, and academics to discuss lessons learned from recent United States involvement in United Nations civilian police (CIVPOL) missions, most notably in Kosovo and East Timor, and what can be done to enhance the future status of the U.S. CIVPOL pro g ram. This special report, synthesizes the panel presentations and discussions of the four major themes of the symposium regarding American experiences in CIVPOL from the perspective of police officers, practitioners, and policy makers. The report concludes with a brief discussion of the working group's recommendations for future action.