RCRM Speakers Series – Season 5
RCRM Speakers Series - Season 5
Podcast Description
RCRM Speakers Series Season 5 will focus on an important anniversary in 2024: 60 years since the Security Council approved Resolution 186 establishing the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus on 4 March 1964. Two episodes are featuring this milestone, and a third will focus on another operation in the Balkans, UNPROFOR -; Operation CAVALIER (1992-1995).
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The show highlights themes of military history, international relations, and peacekeeping efforts with specific episodes focusing on the 60th anniversary of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus featuring discussions on Resolution 186 and the historical context of Canadian contributions in various missions, including an exploration of UNPROFOR during the Balkan conflicts.
RCRM Speakers Series Season 5 will focus on an important anniversary in 2024: 60 years since the Security Council approved Resolution 186 establishing the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus on 4 March 1964. Two episodes are featuring this milestone, and a third will focus on another operation in the Balkans, UNPROFOR -; Operation CAVALIER (1992-1995).
Season 5, Episode 3 A multinational peacekeeping force was established in 1992 to address the humanitarian crisis ensued in the Balkans after the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. NATO and European Union missions continued post 1995, in an attempt to restore peace. Canada contributed military personnel to both UN and NATO missions until 2000, with units from The RCR involved in some of the most significant events in this region ravaged by civil war between Bosnians, Croatians, and Serbs, of Christian and Muslim faiths. Panelists: Colonel Tom Mykytiuk, Major general (retired) Craig Aitchison) Facilitator: Dr. Georgiana Stanciu Sound Director: Mark Vogelsang
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