École de maintien de la paix Alioune Blondin Beye

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Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping School
École de maintien de la paix Alioune Blondin Beye de Bamako
Formation1999
TypeTraining center
Location
  • Bamako, Mali
AffiliationsECOWAS, APSTA

The Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping School of Bamako (EMP) is a center in Mali designed to train African civilian and military leaders in peace support operations (PSO), at both fundamental and tactical levels. [1]

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History

In 2007, the school was named in memory of Alioune Blondin Beye, a Malian professor, lawyer, and politician who served as Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mali. He was also a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. During the Angolan civil war, he was appointed in June 1993 as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG). He led the UN Verification Mission (UNAVEM II and UNAVEM III) from June 1993 to June 1997, and the UN Observer Mission (MONUA) from July 1997 to June 1998. He died in a plane crash off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire on June 26, 1998, while on a UN mission. [2]

List of Commandants

Malian Directors

  1. 2007–2012: Brigadier General Souleymane Y. Sidibé
  2. 2012–2014: Major General Mahamane Touré
  3. 2014–2017: Brigadier General Moussa Sinko Coulibaly
  4. 2018: Colonel Issa Coulibaly (interim director)
  5. 2018–2019: Brigadier General Cheick Fanta Mady Dembélé [3]
  6. 2019–present: Brigadier General Mody Berethé

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sénat: les dessous de la nomination du Professeur Albert Mbida". www.camerounweb.com. 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Maître Alioune Blondin BEYE". EMPABB | L'École de maintien de la Paix Alioune Blondin Beye. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  3. ↑ Mamadou Togola (1 June 2018). "Ecole de Maintien de la Paix – ABB: Le Général Cheick Fanta Mady Dembélé aux commandes".

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