UN research suggests female officers win the people’s trust with more ease. In addition, they are more aware of the needs of the most vulnerable members of the community.
In 2015, the UN approved Resolution 2242, intended to double the number of women in military and police contingents within five years. In several reports, the Security Council also encouraged member states to deploy the same percentage of women as within their armed forces. However, a UN report issued in February 2019 showed that female officers represented only 4.6 percent of the close to 75,000 service members deployed in peacekeeping operations and some special political missions.
Peruvian blue helmets’ participation in the Central African Republic peacekeeping mission dates back to December 2015. Since then, troops conduct various engineering tasks, such as construction and maintenance of airfields in the country; repair of airstrips, roads, and bridges; upkeep of MINUSCA’s headquarters; and transport of construction material, among other activities.
According to Col. Sánchez, female officers fulfill similar tasks in positions their male counterparts use to occupy. They conduct administrative tasks in human resources, logistics, and protocol, and medicine and mental health.The Scandal of the Season
I had such a great time talking with Sophie about her novel and about Alexander Pope. There's a funny part that I didn't get on the tape recorder about screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's apparent obsession with Alexander Pope--I've always wondered if there's any rhyme or reason as to why Pope's translation of Eloisa to Abelard shows up in multiple Kaufman scripts (the puppets in Being John Malkovich and the title of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the title of which is an excellent example of the genitive case that we discuss in the interview). There's no real answer to the question, but it's still interesting! I also had a nice time cutting the interview into something readable--though it's still quite long--it's funny to see what becomes important after multiple edits.
Also, I saw a musical theater production of The Rape of the Lock a couple of years ago--very Gilbert & Sullivan, in its own odd way.
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The 2,124-passenger Carnival Miracle struck a pier in St. Kitts Thursday during docking maneuvers, causing a 15-foot-long gash along its hull.
Photos posted online by a St. Kitts radio station, WINN-FM, show a notable gouge not far from the ship's waterline.
Carnival says no one was injured during the incident, but the ship's departure from the port has been delayed while it undergoes repairs.
"Appropriate authorities have been notified and surveyors from Lloyd's Classification Society are already on site," the line said late Thursday in a statement. "Repairs are currently underway and expected to be completed by (Friday)."
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The Miracle originally was scheduled to depart St. Kitts at 4:00 pm Thursday.
The Miracle is due back in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday morning, but the incident has thrown the ship's timetable into question. Carnival says the ship's arrival time "is still to be determined, pending the ship's departure time from St. Kitts."
The vessel operates operates eight-day Caribbean cruises from Ft. Lauderdale.
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UPDATE, Friday, 11:30 AM ET: Carnival says it has repaired the damage to the Carnival Miracle, and the ship has set sail for Fort Lauderdale. The line says the ship is expected to arrive at its home port at 12:00 noon on Sunday, about four hours late.
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