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The Situation Centre was created in April 1993 as part of the UN Secretariat Information Management System, supporting the decision-making process and connecting civilian, military and police flows of information at the strategic level.
The need for the Situation Centre emerged as a result of the expansion of peacekeeping activities, and the evolution of its scope and goals. The objectives of present-day peacekeeping operations are not limited to monitoring lines of disengagement. They range from monitoring a situation to reviving civil society and re-building the infrastructure of a shattered state. The fact that peacekeeping missions have many elements - political, military, humanitarian, human rights, electoral, etc. - and involve a number of departments and agencies underscores the need for a consolidated flow of information.
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