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Peacekeeping Policy and Guidance
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Transitional Measures for the Resumption of Uniformed Rotations in a COVID-19 Environment
UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; UN. Department of Operational Support; DPA/PMD/Guidance and Learning Unit; DPKO-DFS/DPET/Policy and Best Practice Service (2021-02-01)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 ... -
Selection and Extension of Heads of Police Components in Field Missions
UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; DPKO/OROLSI/Police Division (2021-03-01)This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlines the process to be followed by the Department of Peace Operations’ (DPO) Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI)/Police Division (PD) in the selection and ... -
2020.18 Prevention, Investigation and Prosecution of Serious Crimes Committed against United Nations Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations and Special Political Missions (SOP)
; UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; UN. Department of Operational Support; UN. Secretary-General; UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; DPKO-DFS/DPET/Policy and Best Practice Service (2020-12-01)The purpose of these Standard Operating Procedures (hereinafter, “Procedures”) is to establish key modalities and responsibilities for the prevention, investigation and referral of cases of serious crimes committed against ... -
2019 Field Occupational Safety Incident Reporting(SOP)
UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; DFS/FPD/Field Personnel Specialist Support Service (2019-01-01)This document provides Department of Operational Support (DOS) staff with direct procedures for reporting of field occupational safety incidents: accidents and dangerous occurrences / near misses. This document is to be ... -
2020.13 Handling of Detention in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Special Political Missions (SOP)
UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; UN Department of Safety and Security (2021-01-01)A new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on the Handling of Detention in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and Special Political Missions was promulgated by DPO, DPPA and UNDSS with an effective date of 1 January 2021. ... -
Environmental Good Practice: 2020 Implementation of the Environment Strategy for Field Missions
; UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Operational Support (2020-12-20)This document highlights good practices that have emerged from the 2019 implementation of the DOS Environment Strategy for Field Missions. -
From Words to Action: The Experiences of UN Special Political Missions in Colombia on Women, Peace and Security
UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (2020-10-20)The Colombian peace process and its 2016 Final Peace Agreement are widely held to be an international model for gender-sensitivity and the inclusion of women’s rights. The United Nations (UN) played an active role, along ... -
UN Support to Local Mediation: Challenges and Opportunities
UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (2020-11-20)This publication by DPPA's Mediation Support Unit outlines various opportunities and challenges related to the UN's involvement in support of local mediation and dialogue processes. The paper draws on insights emanating ... -
Practical Guidance for Mediators to Protect Children in Situations of Armed Conflict (2020)
UN. Secretary-General (2020-02)Although it is widely acknowledged that the protection of children’s rights is essential to community stability and development, the consideration of child protection in peacemaking needs greater attention. Children’s ... -
Brochure on Gender-responsive Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration: Promoting the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
UN. Department of Peace Operations (2020-12-20)In the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), the Department of Peace Operations has compiled a series of good practices, lessons learned as well as stories from the field ... -
Consultation on “Strengthening UN Peace Operations Support to Gender-Responsive Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration and Security Sector Reform: Leveraging opportunities and lessons learnt”
UN. Department of Peace Operations (2020-12-12)The Department of Peace Operations’ Gender Unit, in close collaboration with the DDR Section and the SSR Unit of the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions, organized a consultation on “Strengthening UN peace ... -
2018.06 Field Verification and Control of Contingent-Owned Equipment and Management of Memorandum of Understanding (Guidelines)
UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Operational Support; DFS/LSD/Strategic Support Service (2018-05-01)The purpose of these Guidelines is to describe the procedures and best practices to be implemented in the field for the verification and control of Contingent-owned Equipment (COE) and management of Memorandum of Understanding ... -
Preventing, Mitigating & Resolving Transhumance-Related Conflicts in UN Peacekeeping Settings: A Survey of Practice
UN. Department of Peace Operations (2020-11-15)This survey of practice, produced by the Civil Affairs Team in DPET/DPO, is based on a review of current practices, challenges and opportunities in peacekeeping settings while also drawing from external expertise and ... -
Going Further Together: The Contribution of Human Rights Components to the Implementation of Mandates of United Nations Field Missions
UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; OHCHR (2020-10-01)This study examines whether and how human rights components in UN field missions contribute to broader mission mandates, such as mandates focused on politics, peacebuilding and military or police that may not be associated ... -
United Nations Community Engagement Guidelines on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; UN. Secretary-General; UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (2020-08)Following the Secretary-General’s call for the UN’s improved engagement with civil society at the local level in his 2018 report on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace, a joint UN-civil society working group developed the ... -
DOS/2020.5 Guidance Development and Promulgation (SOP)
UN. Department of Operational Support (2020-09-08)This standard operating procedure (SOP) provides instructions for the development, promulgation, roll-out, and review of guidance materials within the authority of the Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Operational Support. ... -
2020.12 End of Assignment Reports (EoAR) (SOP)
UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (2020-09-01)This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) sets out the procedure for the preparation, submission, processing and dissemination of EoARs for senior DPO and DPPA personnel in field missions and at UN Headquarters. -
2020.11 Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning (Policy)
UN. Department of Peace Operations; UN. Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (2020-09-01)This policy sets out the guiding principles of knowledge management and organizational learning in DPO and DPPA and in their field missions. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of managers and personnel and defines ... -
2020.04 Selection and Extension of Military Senior Appointments in Field Missions (SOP)
UN. Department of Peace Operations; DPKO/OMA/Office of the Military Advisor (2020-07)This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provides the procedure followed by the Department of Peace Operations (DPO) – Office of Military Affairs (OMA) in the selection and appointment of serving military officers into ... -
2020.05 Acquisition of Information from Human Sources for Peacekeeping-Intelligence (HPKI) (Guideline)
UN. Department of Peace Operations; DPKO/OUSG/PICT (2020-09-01)The purpose of these Guidelines is both to provide a legal and operational framework for and to facilitate the safe acquisition of information from human sources for peacekeeping-intelligence (thereafter “HPKI”). These ...