Courses' Participants and Activities
 
Military Observers Course

UN Logistics Course

Activities




Military Observers Course

MPTC have conducted 11 UN Military Observers courses and a few Pre Deployment courses.  More than 300 commissioned officers have graduated from this centre.  Among those are military officers from foreign countries namely Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.   There are also participants from the Royal Malaysian Police.  Majority of these graduates have been selected to serve with at least one United Nations field mission.

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UN Logistics Course
 
The Centre have conducted two courses involving Malaysian and foreign military officers and a number of them have already served in various UN missions.  Most of them were appointed as UN Military logistics officer either within their own contingent  or on attachment to various UN logistics appointments.
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Activities
 
In order to make courses more realistic and effective, the courses’ syllabus has been revised and re-arranged to meet the demands of peacekeeping in the new millennium.  Some of the syllabus contents are as follows:
General knowledge about the UN
UN History and its organisations
The UN Charter
The Role of the Security Council

The Changing Face of Peacekeeping Operation

UNDP, UNHCR, CIVPOL and other partners

Legal - International Humanitarian Law and Law of The Sea

Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration

United Nations Logistics System

Individual's skills and survival.
UNMO Tasks and Duties
Negotiation and Mediation
Stress Management and Technique of Relaxation Therapy

Mission Survival - Mental, Physical and Spiritual Strengths

Mines and NBC awareness program

First aid, hygiene, sanitation, CPR & HIV/AIDS

Physical fitness

Driving and maintenance skills

Field Exercises
Simulation of The Mission HQs and its functions
Perform the UNMO tasks and duties
Observations, Patrolling,  Inspections, Reports writing

Radio Communication

Negotiation & Mediation

Individual's Confident Building Measure




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