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 ...

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 ...

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 ...