This Policy is designed to guide DPKO and DFS on how to operationalize gender equality and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) mandates, as guided by the eight Security Council Resolutions. The Policy outlines the vision, ...

Since their introduction in MONUSCO in 2010, Community Liaison Assistants (CLAs) have become a successful tool to support community engagement in peace operations. Research for this survey has indicated that the experiences ...

These guidelines provide suggested procedures on the identification, selection, approval, funding, implementation, monitoring, closure and evaluation of individual Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) and the overall management ...

While the extension of state authority (ESA) concept has not been clearly defined, examples from the ground have shown that it is based on three components: presence, capacity and legitimacy. In order for sustainable peace ...

The United Nations Policy on Human Rights in Peacekeeping Operations and Special Political Missions requires all peace operations with a human rights mandate to report publicly and routinely on the human rights situation ...

This study on the role of the United Nations Operation in Cote d’Ivoire (UNOCI) examines the contributions of political mediation, the sanctions regime, and other relevant factors that allowed for the successful completion ...

This handbook provides UN missions, military and police commanders and their staff officers with a reference guide to support the understanding, planning and execution of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Threat Mitigation ...

The purpose of these Guidelines is to support the guidance development process at the mission level, in line with the DPKO-DFS Policy on Guidance Development (2014.14), by assisting missions in the establishment of a clear ...

These guidelines define minimum requirements and standards that are applicable to in-briefings at UN Headquarters for senior mission leaders prior to their deployment to their duty station, and de-briefings following their ...