HIDAT TEKLOM: EXPANDING CIVILIAN PROTECTION CAPACITY WITH ‘FLYING CAMERAS’ IN LIKE THE UNITED STATES NAVY U-2 OVER IRAQ

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HIDAT TEKLOM: EXPANDING CIVILIAN PROTECTION CAPACITY WITH 'FLYING
CAMERAS'New York, May 28 2013 1:00PMWhen the United Nations starts to
make use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the eastern Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC) this summer, Hidat Teklom will be involved
in deciding when and where they fly.

As the Mission's Air Operations Officer. Ms. Teklom helps plan,
coordinate and carrie out the UN's aviation plans in the country. It
is up to her and her team to decide the type of aircraft to be used
based on effectiveness and security, and coordinate the flights with
key players on the ground and with the crew.

"UAVs are flying objects so they are going to share the same
airspace," Ms. Teklom said. "We will need very close coordination with
their launch centre to know what area they will be travelling in,
flight level, speed, elapsed time, etc. Unlike a manned aircraft, we
cannot communicate directly with the pilot."

When the head of UN peacekeeping, Hervé Ladsous, announced in February
plans for UAVs to be used in surveillance, he described them as
"basically a flying camera". Approved by the UN Security Council, the
UAVs would improve situational awareness in the Kivus and exert some
deterrence over armed groups by monitoring their movements during the
night. The data would be relayed to the UN Force Commander who could
use it to extend the peacekeepers' capacity to protect civilians in
the vast regions.

The UAVs will be contracted through a third party. In late February,
25 companies from 11 countries expressed initial interest in the
contracts, according to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations
(DPKO), and travelled to the DRC to learn the area and UN operations.

"There will certainly be a lot of adjustments," said Ms. Teklom. "Even
though the challenges are going to be high, being a part of this new
technology is a privilege and an honour," she stressed.

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Being part of the new advances in peacekeeping is part of why Ms.
Teklom joined the United Nations, "I love being involved, not just
being an observer, and to work in a multicultural environment."

During her seven years with MONUSCO, Ms. Teklom has had to adapt to
changing mandates for the Mission linked to the changing security
situation in the country, as well as the waning financial resources
forcing the Mission to be more creative on how it operates. "On the
aviation side, the fleet has been reduced and reorganized," she noted.

There are also the daily hurdles she faces. "The greatest challenges
have to do with last minute changes to the planned flights due to
weather or a medical evacuation in a limited air asset. Then there was
the national air traffic controllers strike," said Ms. Teklom, an
Eritrean national who herself worked as an air traffic controller
before joining the UN.

"Being in the UN has changed my perception towards the positive that
this is an Organization which is meant to bring peace and stability to
countries in crisis," Ms. Teklom said.

"Being in the UN has made me more responsible, accountable and able to
accommodate a multicultural community."

Modest about her own abilities, Ms. Teklom describes UN peacekeepers
with one adjective, "courageous." May 28 2013 1:00PM
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