These guidelines provide guidance on the taking, publication and distribution of images of persons in custody in host countries of United Nations peacekeeping operations and special political missions, to ensure respect ...

The Toolkit for DDR Programme Management includes the Standard Operating Procedures for monitoring and evaluation, a “how-to” guide for the benchmarking of DDR programmes and a risk management planning framework. The goal ...

The purpose of this Pocket Reference Guide is to provide military personnel in UN peacekeeping missions with an overview of available and relevant military documents in support of their duties. The target audience of ...

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is subsidiary to the Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support (DPKO and DFS) Manual on Surface Transport Management in the Field (Ref. 2013.06) and the DFS Code Cable ...

This policy defines the approach and principles guiding the activities of justice components of United Nations peacekeeping operations, led by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), and special political missions, ...

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 ...

The course aims to increase knowledge of UN policies on sexual exploitation and abuse, including prohibited behavior and the consequences and impact of sexual misconduct on personnel, field operations and host populations. ...

These guidelines are intended to provide clarity in the appropriate use of force at the tactical and operational levels of United Nations peacekeeping missions. They aim to mitigate hesitation, accelerate decision making, ...

This document provides guidance on the operational deployment of United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) in multidimensional peacekeeping operations. These guidelines replace the 2009 DPKO/DFS guidelines on the Roles ...