Alex Morrison
Alex Morrison
Established in 1994 by the Government of Canada as the Lester B. Pearson Canadian International Peacekeeping Training Centrewas an independent, not-for-profit organization with its office based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its mandate was to support Canada's contribution to international peace and security. Operations ceased and the Centre closed on November 28, 2013...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionSoldier
CountryCanada
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I think what's happening in Sierra Leone is a crisis for that country, of course, but it's also a crisis for peacekeeping for the United Nations.
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I think the Congo force is in danger of not being enacted if we don't clean up the act in Sierra Leone and indeed in all peace-keeping of the future.
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You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it.
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We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it to the secretary general to go cap in hand.
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As Brian Urquhart has said quite correctly, I don't think that individual countries in the international community can stand aside and let all of these slaughters continue without doing anything.
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I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations.
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I think there has to be greater heed paid by the Security Council members to military advice.
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However, I think, first of all, that what's happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments who will be asked to provide forces to the Congo. Second, of course, the Security Council has no professional military advice organized in any way.