Director NATO Advisory Team Macedonia Brigadier James Robert John Baxter OBE Related 16/10/2003 Conference: Securing Peace: NATO’s Role in Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution Education Graduate in History and MA War Studies both from Kings College University of London. Military Service Commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery – 1979 Junior service as an artillery officer with commando forces and airborne forces. Operational tours in Northern Ireland (3 times), Rhodesia/Zimbabwe as part of the Commonwealth Monitoring Force, Belize and Cyprus with the UN. Active service as a Forward Observation Officer and Naval Gunfire Observer in Falklands Islands War 1982. Attended Staff College as a student 1988 Chief of Staff of 22 Armoured Brigade – British Army on the Rhine1989-90 Chief Operations Officer G3– HQ 1 UK Armoured Division – Gulf War 1990 Battery Commander – 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. Operational tour in Northern Ireland. Instructor UK Army Staff College – Head of Low Intensity Warfare and Peacekeeping Team 1992-94. Established UK and Africa Peacekeeping Training Initiative and Peacekeeping Schools in Ghana and Zimbabwe. Military Assistant to UN Force Commander - General Sir Rupert Smith in Bosnia – UNPROFOR – 1995. Awarded OBE in operational honours. Staff Officer Ministry of Defence in Department of Military (Army) Operations 1996-7. Commanding Officer Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment – 5th Regiment Royal Artillery and Commander Force Artillery AMF (L) – multi-national NATO high readiness artillery force 1997-99. Operational Tour in Kosovo. Promoted Colonel in 2000 and appointed as acting Force Commander of the United Nations Operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As Chairman of the UN/OAU Joint Military Commission negotiated Regional Ceasefire and Disengagement Plan at level of Heads of State and subsequently the Demilitarisation of Kisangani with the Presidents Uganda and Rwanda. Responsible for planning the expansion of the mission from a 200 strong monitor mission to a force of 2000. Assistant Chief of Staff J3 (Land) in the UK Permanent Joint Headquarters. Responsible for the coordination and management of UK operations in the Balkans, including the planning and execution of special operations; Sierra Leone, including the operation to support the UN and the establishment of a long-term international military advisory and training presence; UK operations in support of the UN and the initial stages of the operation in Afghanistan. UK Military Adviser to Sudan Peace Process Proximity Talks March-April 2002 and the Nuba Mountains Pilot cease fire project. Promoted Brigadier in April 2002 and appointed as the UK Special Defence Adviser to Government of Macedonia (a 2 year appointment). Assistance to crisis management and defence and security sector reform at Government (ministerial) level. Selected as Director of the NATO Advisory Team in Macedonia, with expanded terms of reference and coordinating authority over national bi-lateral programmes to advise on all matters related to the NATO Membership Action Plan for Macedonia, regional border security matters in the southern Balkans and the planning and conduct of a national strategic defence and security review. Selected to assume command of UK Military Mission Kuwait for provision of defence advice and training to Kuwait. Appointment to commence Apr 2004. Qualifications Commando and parachute trained. Arctic and Mountain warfare qualified. Languages – French (linguist), German (colloquial), Serbo Croat (colloquial), learning Macedonian and Arabic. Personal Details Married to Sharon – a practising barrister recently Deputy Prosecutor UN Special Court in Sierra Leone. We have homes in London and Devon and no children. Interests – tennis, swimming, triathlon, rugby (England B – 1978) and golf. I also enjoy reading military history, the cinema and good wine.