The purpose of these guidelines is to detail the procedures related to the registration of pledges made by Member States to the Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System (PCRS) and to explain the System’s organization and ...

This study focuses on the structures that peacekeeping operations implementing POC mandates have utilised or established towards that end. It provides an analysis of the comparative advantages of different approaches that ...

The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to provide detailed procedures for planning and conducting Assessment and Advisory Visits (AAVs) to Troop/Police Contributing Countries (T/PCCs) in accordance with ...

The purpose of these guidelines is to detail the procedures related to the registration and reimbursement of units at the Rapid Deployment Level (RDL) of the Peacekeeping Capability Readiness System (PCRS). These ...

This SOP provides guidance on the process of deploying United Nations Guard Units (UNGU) to UN field missions. A UNGU is a force composed of police or military personnel, or other State security forces, deployed to protect ...

The UN peacekeeping experience in Sierra Leone offers invaluable lessons, not only because of the later successes of the Organization, but particularly because of the trials encountered in the early stages of involvement. ...

The new DPO Handbook on the Protection of Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping incorporates and translates into action the principles set out in the recently revised DPO Policy on the Protection of Civilians in UN ...

This guidance document sets out the temporary and extraordinary transitional measures for the resumption of uniformed rotations, repatriations and deployments (hereafter referred to as “rotations” for brevity) to and from ...

In 2014, the Regional Quick Reaction Force (RQRF) was established in the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) as part of the three-year drawdown plan for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The ...

The Manual for Child Protection Staff in United Nations Peace Operations is a practical guide to support child protection staff in United Nations peace operations in the substantive implementation of the child protection mandate.