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 Mission Start-up Field Guide (Field Guide) is to provide mission managers with an overview of critical managerial tasks and challenges that need to be addressed during the start-up of muli-dimensional UN peacekeeping ...

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 ...

In October 2000, the Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in recognition of the serious and specific impact that armed conflict has on women and girls and their potential to ...

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 ...