The Guidelines establish the common set of roles and necessary skills for Staff Officers, noting that post-specific skills (such as operations, intelligence, personnel, logistics, CIMIC, communications, training, planning, ...

The manual aims to provide the respective Governments of the Member States (MS) with relevant information enabling them to select suitable officers finalise their pre-deployment preparation; standarize the administrative ...

These guidelines apply to all military personnel deployed in UN field missions with POC mandates, as well as staff members of the Departments of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and Field Support (DFS), United Nations ...

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, ...

By its resolution 2154 (2014), the Security Council noted ‘with deep appreciation how Captain Mbaye Diagne of UNAMIR1 and of Senegal saved, unarmed and in the face of extreme danger, hundreds of, or perhaps even a thousand, ...

This document provides guidance on the considerations required for the generation and employment of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The guidelines are intended to provide an overview for both the military and civilian ...

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 ...

The Command Post Exercise (CPX) in Force Headquarters of UN Peacekeeping Missions Handbook aims at providing information that will contribute to the understanding of the functioning of the Force HQ in crisis situations in ...

Guidelines for Force Protection for Military Components of UN Peacekeeping Missions” (first edition) is practical guidance on force protection and provides a generic set of planning, training, coordination, and implementation ...

This document provides guidance to UN Military units tasked with Public Order Management. This guidance applies to UN Headquarters staff at DPKO, DFS and all field Mission personnel. The guidelines herein are complementary ...