FOREWORD
The Stability Operations Lessons Learned &
Information Management System
(SOLLIMS) is an advanced knowledge
management database serving the global
peace and stability community and
providing an online environment for
sharing information and lessons learned.
[sollims.pksoi.org]
The U.S. Army Peacekeeping & Stability
Operations Institute (PKSOI) was
initially established in 1993 as the
Peacekeeping Institute, and its work has
included creation of the SOLLIMS
database in 2008. The mission of
PKSOI is to “collaboratively develop
and integrate peace and stability
capabilities across the U.S. government,
international organizations, and the
community of interest in order to enable
the success of peace and stability
activities and missions.”
[pksoi.armywarcollege.edu]
PKSOI Publication Team
Publication prepared by:
Mr. David Mosinski,
Lessons Learned Analyst
Reviewer:
COL Brian Foster,
Peace Operations Division Chief
Cover format:
Mr. Chris Browne,
Publications Coordinator
PKSOI Director:
COL Mike Rauhut
Deputy Director:
COL Jim Lowe
Thanks also to our guest contributors who authored
lessons and to PKSOI members for reviewing content.
Welcome to the 37th edition of the SOLLIMS
Lessons Learned Sampler – Complexities and
Efficiencies in Peacekeeping Operations.
This lessons-learned compendium contains just a
small sample – thus the title “Sampler” – of the
observations, insights, and lessons related to
Peacekeeping Operations available within the
SOLLIMS data repository. Selected lessons may be
shared as ‘food for thought’ for discussion among
civilian, military and police practitioners throughout
the ‘peacekeeping community’, planners, personnel
involved in peacekeeping-related policy, doctrine,
training, education, and so on.
Several links in this report will take you to specific
resources in SOLLIMS or to the registration/login
page. For those who do not yet have a SOLLIMS
account, please take a moment to register for one.
Then you will be able to take advantage of the
many features of SOLLIMS and view the various
peacekeeping- and stability-related products that are
referenced in this publication.
We encourage you to take the time to provide us
with your perspective on any given lesson in this
report or on the overall value of the Sampler as a
resource for you and your unit/organization. By
using the “Perspectives” text entry box found at the
end of each lesson in the SOLLIMS database – seen
when you open the lesson in SOLLIMS – you can
enter your own personal comments on the lesson.
We welcome your ideas, and we encourage you to
become a regular contributor to SOLLIMS.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this publication are those of the
author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of
the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Govt.
All content in this document, to include any publication provided
through digital link, is considered unclassified, for open access. This
compendium contains no restriction on sharing/distribution within the
public domain. Existing research and publishing norms and formats
should be used when citing Sampler content.
Cover photo, community engagement, credit: UN Photo.
Cover photo, US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, credit:
United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN)
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