Civil Military Cooperation CIMIC

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Civil Military Cooperation(CIMIC)

• Challenges Opportunities
• Some pointers for reflection
• August 2005

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Why Civil-Military Cooperation?

• Initiative coming from Defence forces
• Changing concepts peace keeping?
• Increased demand new type of conflict
• Institutional new self-justification of army?
• NGOs sceptical
• More at ease with pacifist approach
• Worried about blurring of roles
• Worried about militarisation of humanitarian aid

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CIMIC?
NGOs and Defence Forces No natural bed fellows
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CIMIC?
Issues
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Ways Forward

• Needed dialogue
• Formulate principles
• Why humanitarian assistance?
• What common responsibilities?
• What definition of security?
• Determine NGO doctrine on military intervention
• When to call for military intervention?
• What is needed in the militarys political
  mandate?
• Formulate rules of engagement
• When to cooperate with military
• When to accept assistance from military
• Dilemma Sharing NGO-Military process to
• Identify ethical dilemmas
• Identify learning needs
• Identify lessons learned
• Formulate codes of conduct