U.S. Aid from Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities, Entire Region, 2006-2011
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Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities:
Program DescriptionEIPC is an ongoing initiative aimed at increasing the number of foreign military personnel qualified to participate in international peacekeeping missions. The program is designed to encourage "burdensharing."
According to the State Department's 2003 Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations, EIPC's objective:
- "…is to help create more professionally competent, properly equipped, and better led peacekeeping units in selected foreign countries."
- "…is ensuring a secure environment for the establishment of democratic institutions in an area of strife. EIPC encourages other countries to establish peacekeeping training centers or dedicated training programs, develop national policies on peacekeeping, and encourage friendly nations to increase their own involvement in peacekeeping operations."
- "…is providing the essential secure environment necessary for the delivery of humanitarian assistance to a strife-torn area. EIPC training relates the professional military training and provision of equipment to the humanitarian assistance that militaries in other countries are often called upon to provide." [1]
Within this rubric, EIPC provides: peacekeeping related to training and education (mostly through the Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) located in Monterey, California), English language training, workshops, visits to peacekeeping training centers, non-lethal training equipment, library resources, and training simulation software.
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Uruguay are among the countries worldwide chosen to receive assistance through the EIPC initiative. The others are Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Fiji, Hungary, Jordan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Nepal, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, and Ukraine.
[1]United States, Department of State, Office of Resources, Plans and Policy, FY 2003 Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations (Washington: April 15, 2002) <http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/9468.pdf>.
Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities:
Law- Foreign Military Financing (FMF), authorized by Sections 23 and 24 of the Arms Export Control Act;
- International Military Education and Training (IMET), authorized by Section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act;
- Excess Defense Articles (EDA), authorized by Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act; and
- Joint military exercises, authorized by Title 10, U.S. Code.
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