• Peacekeeping Mission Card - Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Field Missions 

  UN. Department of Operational Support (2020-08-01)

  This infographic sheet explains duties of peacekeepers in reducing the environmental footprint in missions.

• DOS/2020.10 Boards of Inquiry (BOI) (SOP) 

  UN. Department of Operational Support; DFS/OUSG/Audit Response and Boards of Inquiry Section (2020-06-08)

  This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) describes what Boards of Inquiry (BOI) are, when and how they shall be convened, what their purpose is and according to which modalities they shall perform their tasks. This SOP ...

• Developments in United Nations Police Peacekeeping Training 

  (2012)

  International police peacekeeping has expanded dramatically in both function and responsibility. It is a rapidly growing aspect of the United Nations (UN) peacekeep- ing operations; its role has become complex and essential ...

• 2018.26 Development of Mission / Field Entity Support Division Closure Plan (Guidelines) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Operational Support (2019-01-01)

  These Guidelines provide a Planning Officer in Mission Support Centre (MSC) with a structured approach to Service and Section Chiefs with a logical request for planning input, to start the development of a Mission / Field ...

• 2020.08 UN Field Missions on Preventing and Responding to Conflict-related Sexual Violence 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC) (2020-05-05)

  The Handbook for Field Missions on Preventing and Responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) is a practical guide to support the implementation of mandates to prevent and respond to CRSV by United Nations Field ...

• 2020.09 Protection of Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping Handbook 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; DPKO-DFS/DPET/Policy and Best Practice Service (2020-05-01)

  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 ...

• 2020.06 Policy on Joint Mission Analysis Centres (JAMC) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; (2020-05-01)

  The Policy on Joint Mission Analysis Centres (JMAC) provides guidance on the establishment and functioning of JMAC in peacekeeping operations to ensure that missions have in place an entity capable of collecting and analysing ...

• DOS/2020.7 Casualty Evacuation in the Field (Policy) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; UN. Department of Operational Support (2020-03-01)

  This joint policy – by the Departments of Operational Support (DOS), Peace Operations (DPO), Peacebuilding and Political Affairs (DPPA), and Safety and Security (DSS) – provides direction on the management of casualty ...

• 2019.19 Assessment for Mission Service of Individual Police Officers (SOP) (Revised) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Operational Support (2019-09-09)

  This SOP provides instructions and guidance to the Police Division (PD) of the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO) and UNPOL components of United Nations peacekeeping operations (PKOs) and special political ...

• 2020.6 Development of Energy Infrastructure Management Plans for UN Field Missions (SOP) 

  UN. Department of Operational Support (2020-03-04)

  This document sets out the global standard operating procedures for mission level infrastructure energy management, which is a requirement of DPKO/DFS Environmental Policy for UN Field Missions (2009.6). It sets out the ...

• 2019.34 Specialized Police Teams on Assignment with United Nations Peace Operations (Guidelines) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Operational Support (2019-09-01)

  This document provides guidance on the administration of police officers and civilian policing experts deployed as a part of a specialised police team. The guidance set forth in this document shall assist the United Nations ...

• 2019.27 United Nations Manual on Ammunition Management (Manual) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Operational Support (2020-01-01)

  The United Nations Manual on Ammunition Management is an essential reference for Member States, troop and police contributing countries, military commanders, police commissioners and staff officers in United Nations peace ...

• DPO Gender Equality and Women, Peace and Security Resource Package 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations (2020-01-01)

  The purpose of the Gender Equality and Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Resource Package is to enhance the skills and capacity of DPO personnel, as guided by the ten Security Council resolutions on WPS and further elaborated ...

• 2019.22 Special Investigations (Guidelines) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; DPKO-DFS/DPET/Policy and Best Practice Service (2020-01-01)

  The purpose of these Guidelines is to provide United Nations personnel with guidance on the establishment and conduct of special investigations in peacekeeping operations. This is the first version of these guidelines.

• 2020.01 United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual (UNIBAM) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; DPKO/OMA/Office of the Military Advisor (2020-01-01)

  The purpose of the United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual (UNIBAM) is twofold. It provides Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) with guidance on how to train, equip units deploying to UN Peacekeeping Missions, and it ...

• 2019.35 United Nations Field Missions: Preventing and responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (Policy) 

  UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2020-01-01)

  The purpose of this Policy is to institutionalise the approach and role of United Nations field missions (peacekeeping operations and special political missions) in preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual ...

• 2019.25 Establishing Non-United Nations Hospital Support (SOP) 

  UN. Department of Operational Support (2019-12-01)

  This SOP provides guidance on the process for establishing contracts for the provision of commercial or government owned hospital services to Missions, using non-UN hospital facilities or services. This SOP should be read ...

• 2019 DOS Environment Strategy for Field Missions 

  UN. Department for Field Support (2019-10-01)

  The Environment Strategy for Field Missions sets out a vision that the Department of Operational Support (DOS) will strive to achieve by 2023 in relation to environmental management in peace operations. It also defines ...

• 2019.23 Authority, Command and Control in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (Policy) 

  UN. Department of Peacekeeping Operations; UN. Department for Field Support; DPKO-DFS/DPET/Policy and Best Practice Service (2019-10-25)

  This policy specifies the authority, command and control (AC2) arrangements for United Nations peacekeeping missions.This policy applies to all personnel involved in the planning of United Nations peacekeeping missions and ...

• 2019.17 The Protection of Civilians in United Nations Peacekeeping (Policy) 

  UN. Department of Peacekeeping Operations; DPKO-DFS/DPET/Policy and Best Practice Service (2019-11-01)

  The purpose of this policy is to provide the conceptual framework, guiding principles and key considerations for the implementation of protection of civilians (POC) mandates by United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations ...

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