Title:UN LOGISTIC OFFICERS' COURSE, MARCH 1995 (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:WOY 1767
Other titles:ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS MATERIAL [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Record (from fixed camera position) of lectures and presentations delivered at the first UN Logistic Officers' Course at Blackdown in March 1995.
Description: I. Welcome by commander of Royal Logistic Corps Training Centre, followed by introductory speech by Admiral Richardson (Chief of Defence Staff Logistics), who describes the genesis of the joint service course (need after material and support mistakes of UN contingent in Cambodia) and discusses Operation Gabriel (Rwanda). Differences between UN operation and national military operations are discussed (the UN is the paymaster).
II. Conclusion (only) of second general presentation about the course.
II. Presentation by Colonel Pat Butler (CO of UNTAT, Warminster), giving a doctrinal overview of wider peacekeeping (how UK forces fit into the UN system). Discussion of peace-keeping and peace enforcement and their difference ("consent").
Alternative Title:ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS MATERIAL [Allocated Series Title]
