RP Track Record in Fielding UN Peacekeepers a Good Argument for Proposed All-Muslim Peacekeepers from Mindanao |
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Written by Bobby M. Reyes | |||
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 09:15 | |||
Part VI of the “Clash of Civilizations” Series T he proposed All-Muslim Peacekeeping Force (AMPForce) in and from There are basic differences between the proposed AMPForce and the Blackwater and here are some of them: 1.0 Unlike the Blackwater, the AMPForce is proposed to be part of a troika: Peacekeepers, Engineering Brigade and Medical Corps. 2.0 The Blackwater essentially was composed of retired American military personnel. It has very-few Muslim employees and executives. It relied partly on local military contacts and subcontractors, whose loyalty could not be relied upon. 3.0 The Blackwater often operated above the local- and-international laws and, hence, did not attract the support of the local population. On the other hand the proposed AMPForce would generate respect from the indigenous people, since the peacekeepers from the 4.0 The salary scale for the proposed AMPForce will only be modest versions of the Blackwater pay brackets, where often a Blackwater security officer would be compensated at more-than $200,000 per year, plus medical-and-life insurance coverage. If the AMPForce can pay even one-fourth of what the Blackwater was paying its employees, then “there will indeed be a flood of recruits,” as Sultan Rudy Dianalan of 4.1 If the average pay, including insurance coverage, will come close to $50,000 per year per employee, no warlord and much more any kidnapping thug in Filipinos at the United Nations T he United Nations (UN) has had a long history of employing productively Filipino executives, employees and peacekeepers. Filipinos started getting hired by the UN when the Filipino statesman, Carlos P. Romulo, was elected the President of the Fourth Session of United Nations General Assembly from 1949-1950, and chairman of the United Nations Security Council. The UN headquarters in E ditor’s Notes: To read the earlier parts of this series, please click on the following links: The Filipino and the Clash of Civilizations, Part I The "Clash of Civilizations" Now Brewing in California? Is the Philippines the Prototype of the "Clash of Civilizations?" (Part III) Overseas Filipinos Can End the "Clash of Civilizations" in RP (Part IV) Illiteracy Fuels the Ongoing “Clash of Civilizations” in RP, Especially in Mindanao (Part V) H ere is the press release issued by the Philippine Consulate General of Los Angeles, California: RP Peacekeeping Deployments at All-time High In his report to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, Ambassador Hilario G. Davide, Jr., Philippine Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said the Ambassador Davide said the figure, which represents a 40 percent surge in troop deployments compared to the end of the previous year, pushed the “The 656 officers and enlisted personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (
The A ccording to the Philippine Mission, prior to 2009, the highest number of Filipino peacekeepers deployed abroad was in 2000 when the The Philippine Mission attributed the surge to the assumption in October by a 336-man infantry battalion of peacekeeping responsibilities in the In addition to the Philippine peacekeeping contingent serving with the UN Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights (UNDOF), the Philippines has a 157-man headquarters company with the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and a 139-man unit with the UN Mission. Other In his report, Ambassador Davide also said that the He said most “The present deployment accounts for the biggest number of The Filipino envoy said the latest deployments more than made up for the peacekeeping slots the “We are proud of the fact that despite our limited resources, we were still able to fulfill our obligations as a member of the family of nations,” Ambassador Davide said, as he assured the UN that it can continue counting on the Press Release Sent by the Philippine Consulate General Tel. (213) 639-0980/Fax (213) 639-0990 Website - www.philippineconsulatela.org Passport - passport.pcgenla@gmail.com Visa - visa_pcgla@earthlink.net Dual Citizenship - pcgenla_dual@yahoo.com Legal/Notarials - notarials_pcgenla@earthlink.net E ditor’s Notes: To read the earlier parts of this series, please click on the following links: The Filipino and the Clash of Civilizations, Part I The "Clash of Civilizations" Now Brewing in California? Is the Philippines the Prototype of the "Clash of Civilizations?" (Part III) Overseas Filipinos Can End the "Clash of Civilizations" in RP (Part IV) Illiteracy Fuels the Ongoing “Clash of Civilizations” in RP, Especially in Mindanao (Part V)
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