G.O. Notes

The UN loves acronyms.  Here’s another one:  AAR — after action review.  This is what we’re going to be doing for the next few days to assess how well — or poorly — we performed in planning and organizing for the three days of intensive talks earlier this week. All aspects of the operation — from the catering to facilities for the media — will be looked at to see where improvements could be made and where things worked just fine.  Some journalists complained about what they felt was too much security, for example. It’s a tricky balance to strike between trying to ensure security and facilitating the media’s work.  But obviously we all want adequate media coverage of these historic meetings.

The second round of intensive talks is set to start on 25 January.  We shall see then how the MFR*, the FMPU*, PIO*  and others have implemented the results of the AAR.

JLD

*If you ask, we’ll tell you in a future posting what these acronyms stand for.