Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

In addition to our UN commitments, we are also helping to train and educate soldiers and police in our region to contribute to peacekeeping operations. In fact in May of this year, over 100 students from 24 countries participated in our biennial international peacekeeping training exercise known as PIRAP JABIRU which we co-host with Thailand. PIRAP JABIRU enables participants to gain a much deeper understanding of contemporary UN missions and, even more importantly, how we can work more effectively together in those contexts.

A new range of peacekeeping training initiatives has been developed at the ADF's Defence Peace Operations Training Centre, which include regional e-learning, increased pre-deployment training—preparing for the culture and the context to which they are going to be deployed—and a new humanitarian assistance disaster relief seminar as well. Defence is also developing gender adviser training in that context.

We provide significant support for doctrinal development and training for UN peacekeepers. I am proud of our continuing contribution to UN peacekeeping. (Time expired)