Spain and UNIFIL: Managing Future Scenarios

Policy Fora December, 11, 2008

Spain and UNIFIL: Managing Future Scenarios

On 11 December 2008, the Toledo International Centre for Peace (CITpax) convened a closed-door meeting aimed at working with the Spanish Government in the preparation of a strategy for the management of its current role in UNIFIL and eventual position as lead-nation. CITpax proposed a one-day workshop in which three experts presented scenarios to representatives from various institutions in the Spanish Government in order to trigger planning for the challenges ahead. The meeting included representatives from the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs, as well as from the relevant offices of the Presidency of the Government, and presented the opportunity to share their views with renowned civilian and military experts on the Middle East and Lebanon.

Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores 
Ministerio de Defensa

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