These guidelines apply to all field-based civilian and uniformed peacekeeping personnel who interact with members of the population of the host country as part of the execution of their duties, as well as those who are ...

Over the past six decades, United Nations peacekeeping has evolved into a complex, global undertaking. During this time, conduct of United Nations peacekeeping operations ha s been guided by a largely unwritten body of ...

To enhance the role played by women in the maintenance of international peace and security, the UN Security Council has to date adopted four specific resolutions on women, peace and security: Resolution 1325 (2000), ...

The Handbook for Judicial Affairs Officers in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations is a comprehensive and user-friendly reference guide, designed to serve as a resource for experienced judicial affairs staff, as well as ...

The purpose of the Civil Affairs Handbook is to provide Civil Affairs Officers with detailed practical guidance on the implementation of civil affairs work in UN peacekeeping missions, as subsidiary guidance to the DPKO/DFS ...

This policy establishes DPKO's and DFS's approach to the self-evaluation (hereinafter, evaluation) of Headquarters' programmes and sub-programmes. It ensures that evaluation activities support and enhance the structural ...

Supporting host-state authorities in organising national and local elections is a recurring and central responsibility of DPKO- and DPA-led mission and its police components are commonly tasked to assist host-state police ...