{"id":10900,"date":"2010-11-02T11:38:22","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T10:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/senior-course-117-field-study-ii-the-united-nations-new-york\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:54:38","slug":"senior-course-117-field-study-ii-the-united-nations-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/senior-course-117-field-study-ii-the-united-nations-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Course 117 Field Study II. The United Nations, New York."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UN_1_1.jpg\" alt=\"The United Nations Headquarters, New York - photo courtesy of the UN\" \/><figcaption>The United Nations Headquarters, New York &#8211; photo courtesy of the UN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">On 29 October, SC 117 visited the United Nations Headquarters, its first stop on the Transatlantic Link Field Study in the United States. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Col P. VAN DER HEIJDEN and Ms E. LEMOS-MANIATI, the NATO Military and Civilian Liaison Officers,  gave an extensive and interesting introduction to their work in the UN and NATO-UN relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Mrs Anne WU, from the Department of Political Affairs (DPA), briefed SC Members on UN&#8217;s counterterrorism policy, strategy and action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Chief Current Military Operations\/Office of Military Affairs (CMOS\/OMA), Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Col W. VAN DULLEMEN, gave an exellent and very detailed presentation on the UN&#8217;s peacekeeping operations and the challenges faced by the UN. The Course engaged in a lively discussion on UN peacekeeping missions and their effectiveness with Lt Gen B. GAYE, Military Advisor to the UN Secretary General.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a class='photo' href='\/images\/117FS2_New_York_2_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Discussion panel, (left to right), Col PROKOPENKO, RUS, LtCol BENNET, UK, Maj Gen NAFENG XU, CHI, Col LESELLIER, FRA\">High-level panel lectures<\/a> were given by four Permanent UN Security Council Military Advisors from Russia, the UK, China and France. The representatives gave SC 117 first-hand information on the complex enviroment of UN peacekeeping operations and the work done in the UN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In his closing remarks, the Commandant of the NATO Defense College, Lt Gen Wolf-Dieter LOESER, highlighted the importance of the UN and its relationship with NATO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">More about SC117 Field Study II:<\/p>\n<p><span style='padding-left:25px;'><a href='\/fr\/news\/current_news.php\/?icode=210'>First stop &#8211; SHAPE and the European Union<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='padding-left:25px;'><a href='\/fr\/news\/current_news.php\/?icode=211'>Second leg -NATO HQ, Brussels<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Headquarters, New York &#8211; photo courtesy of the UN On 29 October, SC 117 visited<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-10900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 16 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 2, 2010","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 2, 2010 11:38","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:54"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10900"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=10900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}