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as a general guide for operational and fragmentary orders to deal with specific situations during the exercise. Final Considerations The Viking Exercise 2018 was a very successful event. Among other accomplishments, it achieved its main objective: to promote the training of military, civil and police staff personnel from different nationalities and organizations in peacekeeping operations. The remote sites in six different countries intensified the multinational environmental flavor, and accurately replicat- ed the UN system. The Brazilian site was characterized, among other aspects, by the outstanding attention paid to POC, espe- cially as it was addressed during the pre-exercise training activ- ities.The 1st UNMNBDE POC strategy was a proactive tool that ensured robust security for the civilian population. Finally, it is imperative to point out that the simulation accu- rately reproduced the situations experienced in actual peace- keeping operations, constituting an excellent training opportu- nity for all the participants. It was particularly important for the work related to POC matters by the continuous development of the subject without any actual civilian suffering or threat to any vulnerable populations. About the Author: Lieutenant Colonel Talavera de Azeredo is a Brazilian Army Cavalary officer assigned at the Brazilian Army's Land Operations Command. Bachelor, graduate and Master degree "Strictu Sensu" in Military Operations. In addi- tion of Brazilian Army Staff College Course, he graduated from the United Nations Staff Officer Course given by the Joint Mil- itary Training Directorate of Canadian Forces. He also holds a Bachelors in Law degree. Under the United Nations flag, he was deployed to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MI- NUSCA) as Chief of Operations in the East Sector. Notes: A Good Man in Hell: General Roméo Dallaire and the Rwanda Genocide. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=f VX3WWj2drQ& feature = youtube. 2 Logo of Viking Operation 2018. Retrieved from: http://www. coter.eb.mil.br /index.phpcomponent/ content / article? id = 482 3 Mandate of the United Nations Integrated Peace Mission in "Bogaland." Retrieved from: Computer Assisted Exercise - Vi- king 18 / Gamedocs-preparation documents. Armed Forces of Sweden (2018). 4 Comprehensive Civilian Protection Strategy of the United 1 26 Nations Mission in "Bogaland". Retrieved from: http://en.wiki- source.org/wiki/Special: Recent Changes Linked/ Armed Forces of Sweden (2018). 5 Participants of the Brazilian Site of Viking Exercise 2018. Retrieved from: http: //www.coter. eb.mil.br / index.php / component / content / article? id = 482 6 Protection of Civilians Military Reference Guide– 2nd Edi- tion (2018) - United States Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI). 7 Military component of the Brazilian Site of the Viking Exer- cise 2018. Retrieved from: http: //www.coter. eb.mil.br / index. php / component / content / article? id = 483 8 Protection of Civilians: Implementing Guidelines for Military Components of UN Peacekeeping Missions. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and UN Department of Field Support (DPKO/DFS - 2015). 9 Ibid. 10 Protection of Civilians Layers. Retrieved from: Protection of Civilians Military Reference Guide– 2nd Edition (2018) - United States Army for Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI). 11 Strengthening the protection of the civilian population in armed conflicts and other situations of violence. International Committee of the Red Cross (2009). 12 Protection of civilians: homogeneous lessons in heteroge- neous scenarios. Azeredo, Luiz Claudio Talavera de (2018). Retrieved from: http://eblog.eb.mil.br /index.php/prote- cao-de-civis.html.