The Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping School of Bamako (EMP) is a center in Mali designed to train African civilian and military leaders in peace support operations (PSO), at both fundamental and tactical levels.
History
In 2007, the school was named in memory of Alioune Blondin Beye, a Malian professor, lawyer, and politician who served as Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mali. He was also a member of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. During the Angolan civil war, he was appointed in June 1993 as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG). He led the UN Verification Mission (UNAVEM II and UNAVEM III) from June 1993 to June 1997, and the UN Observer Mission (MONUA) from July 1997 to June 1998. He died in a plane crash off the coast of Côte d'Ivoire on June 26, 1998, while on a UN mission.
List of Commandants Malian Directors 2007–2012: Brigadier General Souleymane Y. Sidibé 2012–2014: Major General Mahamane Touré 2014–2017: Brigadier General Moussa Sinko Coulibaly 2018: Colonel Issa Coulibaly (interim director) 2018–2019: Brigadier General Cheick Fanta Mady Dembélé 2019–present: Brigadier General Mody Berethé
See also Peacebuilding Peacekeeping Malian Armed Forces European Union Training Mission in Mali
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