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Operation ATALANTA, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia: mandates extended for two more years Format The Council prolonged the mandates of its two Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions in Somalia and Operation ATALANTA. The mandate of EUCAP Somalia, the EUs civilian capacity-building mission, EUTM Somalia, the EUs military training mission, and Operation ATALANTA, the EU’s executive military maritime operation, will now run until 31 December 2022. The decision was taken in the context...

2020 did not bring significant progress for the agenda of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the COVID-19 pandemic even caused significant setbacks for women’s rights. But there were also a number of highlights, write Brigitta von Messling and Tobias Pietz. Brigitta von Messling heads Team Training at the Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF). Tobias Pietz is the deputy head of the Analysis Division at ZIF. Twenty years ago, the Un...

23 december 2020 - 19:02:49 AR Panafrican News Agency European Council extends mandate of security, defence missions in Somalia Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council has  prolonged the mandates of its two Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions in Somalia and Operation ATALANTA for two more years

  1. BACKGROUND The European Defence Agency was established on 12 July 2004, and is governed by Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency. The Agency has its headquarters in Brussels. The main task of EDA is to support the Council and the Member States in their effort to improve the Union’s defence capabilities in the field of crisis management and to sustain the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) as it current...

Securing Europe in a post-COVID world This December, the EU’s biggest defence conference will see military experts and policymakers gather to discuss the evolving security challenges that COVID-19 has created, and how these can be dealt with. Rajnish Singh reports. Adobe Stock 07 Dec 2020 This December, the EU’s biggest defence conference will see military experts and policymakers gather to discuss the evolving security challenges that COVID-19 has created, and how these can be dealt with. ...