ПІДГОТОВКА МИРОТВОРЦІВ ЗА СТАНДАРТАМИ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ ОБ’ЄДНАНИХ НАЦІЙ

Abstract

Introduction. Changes in the United Nations (UN) reform process since early 2000 have led to a reorganization of the peacekeeping training system for peacekeeping operations. The multinational nature of the UN peacekeeping operations environment and their complexity require a clear understanding of UN standardized approaches to training peacekeepers, especially in the pre-deployment phase. Purpose. Analysis of evolution of UN training strategy and its current characteristics. Methods: System analysis, comparison, classification, generalization and systematization. Results. The article contains an analysis of training of the UN peacekeeping personnel for peacekeeping operations and distribution of responsibilities by training stages in the UN system. The evolution of UN peacekeeping activities caused by the emergence of complex peacekeeping operations has led to the formation of new requirements for the training of peacekeeping personnel, based on a comprehensive analysis and lessons learned of conducted peacekeeping operations. Pre-deployment training for peacekeeping personnel is a basic training, the standardized minimum of which is set by the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, but the responsibility for its quality rests with the contributing countries.Originality. The scientific novelty of the study is the analysis of the UN approaches to the formation of training strategy for peacekeeping operations, which determines the thematic focus and distribution of tasks by stages of training in the UN system. Currently, this topic is paid less attention, than other issues relating to peacekeeping activities in Ukraine. The practical significance of this research refers to the informative material for assessing the strategy of training peacekeepers according to UN standards, identifying the main directions and focusing efforts on training peacekeepers for peacekeeping operations.Conclusion. Analysis of UN reports and other materials on the training of UN peacekeeping personnel conducted in the article shows, that this training has undergone an appropriate evolutionary period, which is characterized by emergence of complex peacekeeping operations. Thus the tasks for mentioned operations got wider spectrum with formation of new training strategy, which covers military, civilian and police components. Development of UN training strategy based on comprehensive analysis and lessons learned from conducted UN peacekeeping operations has tendency for further changes consider complexity of operational environment in UN peacekeeping operations.The pre-deployment training of peacekeeping personnel remains the main training where member states responsible for its quality, however, a standardized approach to training rests for UN, maintained through the development of standard training materials and requirements for peacekeeping personnel.