Download or read book Global Peace Operations Initiative written by Nina M. Serafino and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Global Peace Oper. Initiative (GPOI) was established in mid-2004 as a 5-year program with intended annual funding to total $660 million from FY 2005 through F Y2009. GPOI¿s primary purpose has been to train and equip 75,000 military troops, a majority of them African, for peacekeeping operations by 2010. Contents of this report: (1) Introduction; (2) Background; (3) GPOI Purposes and Activities: Demand for Peacekeepers; Need for Gendarme Forces; U.S. Peacekeeping Training and Assistance, Pre-GPOI, in Sub-Saharan Africa; Transition to GPOI Training and Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa; Develop. of a ¿Beyond Africa¿ Program; Foreign Contributions to Peacekeeping Capacity Building; (4) Admin. Funding Requests and Congress. Action.