United Nations Civilian Disarmament Job Openings in New York
Jun 24 2014
In January, the federal government put up an RFI/Sources Sought listing for gEscort Services for Unaccompanied Alien Childrenh making it clear that the feds expected the border to be overwhelmed by gapproximately 65,000 unaccompanied illegal alien children in the near future. Less than half a year later, the tsunami hit as planned.
Now itfs the United Nations that needs help. Specifically, people are needed to work out of New York who have experience in DDR.
DDR used to stand for Deutsche Demokratische Republik, i.e., communist East Germany, a totalitarian hellhole. In a sense, the meaning hasnft changed much. Now DDR stands for disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration. The United Nations describes it like this:
Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) has become an integral part of post-conflict peace consolidation, featuring prominently in the mandates of peacekeeping operations over the last twenty years.
DDR activities are crucial components of both the initial stabilization of warn-torn societies as well as their long-term development. c
Disarmament is the collection, documentation, control and disposal of small arms, ammunition, explosives and light and heavy weapons from combatants and often from the civilian population.
Demobilization is the formal and controlled discharge of active combatants from armed forces and groups, including a phase of greinsertionh which provides short-term assistance to ex-combatants.
Reintegration is the process by which ex-combatants acquire civilian status and gain sustainable employment and income. It is a political, social and economic process with an open time-frame, primarily taking place in communities at the local level.