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MAGAZINE

4th edition, January 2010

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Department o Peacekeeping Operations

Sustainable Peace through Justice and Security

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[ UN POLICING IN ACTION ]

9 ] Taking on Gangs: Police Commissioner Haiti

13 ] Assisting the Internally Displaced: Police Com-missioner Darur

16 ] Role o National Security Service in ChadContinues to Expand

TABLE OF CONTENTSJanuary 201

4th Edition

[ DEVELOPMENTS IN UN POLICING ]

4 ] The UN and INTERPOL Strengthen Cooperation

5 ] Broad Member State Endorsement and StrongSupport or UN Policing

5 ] Echoes o the UN-INTERPOL MinisterialConerence

17 ] UN Reorm in Progress

Pre-Deployment Training

Election Guidelines or UN Police

Framework or Police Peacekeeping

Standing Police Capacity

19 ] Police Division Receives Award

[ INTRODUCTION ]

1 ] Quality through Equality, Special Representa-tive o the Secretary-General Ellen Margrethe Lj

2 ] Strengthening National Capacity, Special Repre-sentative o the Secretary-General Atul Khare

3 ] Police Divisions New Horizon, UN Deputy PoliceAdviser, Ann-Marie Orler

[ FACTS & FIGURES ]

6 ] Top 10 Contributors o Female UN Police Ofcers

10 ] Actual/Authorized Deployment o UN Police inPeacekeeping Missions

20 ] UN Police Contributing Countries (PCCs)

20 ] Top 10 Contributors o UN Police Ofcers

Cover photo:Canadian UN police ofcer supports Haitian National Police

ofcers at a checkpoint in Port au Prince, Haiti, April 2009 (MINUSTAH

Photo by Marco Dormino)

Rebecca Nyamah, a UNAMID police ofcer rom Ghana during

a patrol in the Abu Shock IDP camp, Northern Darur, April 2009

(UNAMID Photo by Olivier Chassot

Erratum:

Clerical errors in the nomenclature used to reer

to some United Nations Member States in pages

24 - 27 o the 3rd Edition o the UN Police

Magazine dated July 2009 occurred. These errors

will be corrected in subsequent publications. The

Police Division apologizes or these errors and

any inconvenience they caused.

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Quality through EqualityMessage romEllen Margrethe LjSpecial Representative o the Secretary-General to the United Nations Mission

in Liberia (UNMIL) on the important role that emale police play in restoring security to Liberians. There are 1,324 UNpolice in Liberia, o which 181 are emale.

A police service should mirror the society it serves. Ensuring that both womenand men make up a police service increases the chances that it will succeed

in its mission to serve and protect. Women are not a minority anywhere in

the world, yet they are typically more vulnerable within society and a larger

proportion o women and girls become victims o violent crime than men.

Most police organizations around the world are male-dominated workplac-

es. Yet it has been proven over and over again that both men and womenbenet greatly rom a more gender-balanced police service. So what will it

take or decision-makers worldwide to recognize that women have a majorrole to play in peacekeeping, both abroad and at home? It takes determina-

tion, courage, inormed decision-makers and women!

Female police ocers represent 12 per cent o the total UN police ocers

strength in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Women rom 18countries have joined orces with male colleagues to help develop a Liberian

National Police (LNP) that respects democratic values and human rights.

However, 12 per cent is ar rom satisactory, and I urge every Police Con-

tributing Country to strengthen eorts to increase emale representation in

UNMIL and other peacekeeping missions.

In a country with Aricas rst elected emale President at the helm, gender is also a strong thread running throughthe work o the national police. The LNPs newly developed Strategic Plan aims to achieve at least 20 per cent emale

representation. Currently, the gure stands at nearly 15 per cent, and the LNP, with UN police support, is striving to

encourage women to join its ranks. But or true gender balance, emales must be represented at all levels and in all

specialist unctions. Promotion and selection processes must be air, and should not discriminate against women.

There should be no glass ceiling, and talented women should be given the training and support they need to realize

their ull potential.

War-aected populations in many confict and post confict societies rely on the UN to protect them. To achieve this,

we must work with national institutions, and involve more women who can serve as role models or the women and

girls in the societies we serve. We must take the lead in providing Quality through Equality. n

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Strengthening and Developing a National PoliceCapacity in Timor-LesteMessage romAtul Khare, the Special Representative o the Secretary-General or Timor-Leste rom July 2006 December 2009. There are 1,552 UN police ofcers working in the UN integrated Mission in Timor-Leste.

In 2006 the Government o Timor-Leste requested the UN to resume ex-

ecutive authority over the national police. The subsequent arrival o UNpolice helped re-establish peace in the country. In every year since, se-

curity has improved and or the past year, the country has been quite

peaceul with normal lie having become again in act the norm in ev-

eryday lie. The deployment o United Nations police ocers is central to

the mandate o UNMIT.

A unique characteristic o the current arrangement is that UNMIT po-lice are, along with the National Police o Timor-Leste (PNTL), the police

o Timor-Leste. The UN Police Commissioner is entrusted with overall

command and control with respect to the conduct o police operations.

In practice and in ull respect o the sovereignty o Timor-Leste, the

Police Commissioner works in close coordination and consultation with

the PNTL General Commander. But we have now entered a phase inwhich we are returning this responsibility to the Timorese in a gradual

phased manner through a process jointly owned by the Timorese au-

thorities and UNMIT.

The ultimate success and sustainability o the police reorm, restruc-

turing, rebuilding and reconstitution o the Timorese police and its development will depend on the long-termwill and commitment o the PNTL and the Government, which includes availability o a sound budget andcoherent and realistic long-term planning, as well as United Nations eorts and continued bilateral and mul-

tilateral assistance.

A successul process o resumption will end a unique and historic contribution o the UN peacekeeping to Timor-

Leste. All Member States that have contributed police to this eort can be proud o their men and women who

have worn the Blue Beret. They have represented the United Nations and their countries with honor and distinc-

tion. I appreciate their dedication and commitment and praise their proessionalism under dicult and challeng-ing circumstances. On this occasion, my thoughts also go out to their amilies and riends, who daily bear the pain

o separation, to enable the UNMIT police to perorm their tasks in this ar away land. I sincerely thank all the UN

police ocers and all those who make their deployment a reality. n

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The Police Divisions New HorizonAnn-Marie Orler, Deputy Police Adviser, Department o Peacekeeping Operations

In my almost two years as the UN Deputy Police Adviser, I have wit-nessed the implementation o important reorms in the way that the De-partment o Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) works to develop sustain-able peace in post-confict societies. The work o the UN Police Divisionhas been part o the cutting-edge o this transition.

At the end o 2009 the United Nations Police Division had 12,645 police-women and men deployed in 13 peacekeeping operations and our politi-cal missions around the globe. The police are mandated to work on secu-rity and rule o law issues and work closely with other rule o law actors,judicial and corrections ocers, as well as with security services. Re-establishing national ownership and accountability o proessional po-lice services is essential to sustainable peace. Many UN Member Statesand institutions consider this to be undamental in building long-termpeace in post-confict countries.

Since the publication o the last Police Magazine in July 2009 the Police

Division has advanced a number o projects and programmes. We havebeen in Singapore together with our International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) partners where weaddressed their 78th General Assembly. Prior to this Assembly, the UN and INTERPOL held a one-day Ministe-rial Meeting dedicated to police peacekeeping. At this Meeting 153 countries were represented by senior policeocials including 64 Ministers. Alain Le Roy, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General or Peacekeeping Op-erations co-chaired this meeting, and the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, addressed the delegates througha video message.

The United Nations and INTERPOL have recognized that there is oten a clear link between implementing UNSecurity Council mandates and addressing organized crime. No one can ght this alone. The UN continues tocreate and strengthen partnerships. Through a common eort stability and trust can be re-established in societ-ies torn apart by conficts. The political platorm was strengthened in Singapore and now INTERPOL and the UN

will develop an action plan to build on this platorm.

The Police Division is also working on building the capacity to conront the mounting challenges DPKO aces. Thereview process o Formed Police Units (FPU) has advanced and a new policy setting out the role o this peacekeep-ing tool will be adopted and distributed in early 2010. In mid-2009 DPKO launched a global eort aimed at encour-aging Member States to contribute more qualied police, especially emale ocers, to peacekeeping operations.The Division has set as a target increasing the contribution o emale ocers to 20 per cent by 2014. The long-term

goal, as it is or the UN as a whole, is parity. We encourage Member States to set the same target or their nationalservices and are committed to working with them to identiy and overcome obstacles that encumber womens entry,promotion and retention in their national police services.

On behal o DPKO and the Police Division, I want to thank Member States and other partners, or their on-goingsupport throughout this process. In 2010 the Division will consolidate these changes, implement policies and pro-cedures, expand and proessionalise the services working in all operations and missions and keep you inormed

through regular meetings, reports and in the pages o this magazine. n

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The UN Under-Secretary-General or Peacekeeping

Operations, Alain Le Roy, on the eve o the Ministe-

rial Meeting o the 78th INTERPOL General Assembly,

ormally signed a supplementary cooperation agree-

ment with the Secretary General o INTERPOL Ronald

K. Noble. The supplemental agreement strengthens

practical cooperation between INTERPOL and UNmissions. It builds on the rst agreement which was

concluded in 1997 and on a Memorandum o Under-standing that was concluded in 2002. Both INTERPOL

and the UN continue to see the practical value o in-

creased cooperation in inormation sharing, increas-

ing the capacity o national police services and tak-

ing on transnational criminal organizations. The UNhas learned rom practical experience that weakened

states oten attract organized crime and organized

crime undermines the establishment o security and

justice. Criminal elements are increasingly uelling

wars by providing belligerents with the resources to

nance their expensive military activities. They un-

dermine the rule o law and threaten human security.

Past conficts have clearly shown that conficts that

are not ed by criminal prots tend to end sooner,

said Le Roy, just beore signing the agreement.

Noble described what types o assistance INTERPOL

could be able to oer UN policing. INTERPOL canprovide deployed UN police peacekeepers with ac-

cess to the worlds only secure global police commu-

nications system; global databases including names

o criminals, ngerprints, DNA proles, stolen pass-

ports, and stolen vehicles; and specialized investiga-tive support in key crime areas, including ugitives,

drugs, terrorism, tracking in human beings and cor-

ruption. These make INTERPOL an essential partner

or police peacekeepers. n

The UN and INTERPOL Strengthen Cooperation

der-Secretary-General or Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy addressing the one-day Ministerial Meeting

dicated to policing in peacekeeping as part o the INTERPOL 78th General Assembly. (Photo: INTERPOL)

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Echoes o the UN-INTERPOL Ministerial Conerence (continued):

Bangladesh the Second Largest Police Contributing Country to UN OperationsPolice women are very dynamic and since our democratic government is in power, we have started to recruit

women in every department including the police and army. We are encouraging more women to join the police,especially in high level positions.

Sahara Khatoon, Minister o Home Aairs, Bangladesh

Uganda with 40 Female Police Ofcers Serving in UN Operations Sees the Logic o Expansion

I it is specifcally requested, the Ugandan government can pay attention to acilitate UN with the deployment

o women police ofcers. Uganda is one o the current representatives o Arica in the UN Security Council. This

would go a long way to make a good advocacy or global security

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At a press conerence at UN headquarters on 7 Au-

gust, the UN Police Adviser and Deputy Police Adviser,

launched a worldwide drive to recruit more emale police

ocers into police services. The dual-track eort set itssights on both expanding the number o emale UN po-

lice ocers serving around the world to 20 per cent by

2014, and called on UN Member States to also increase

the percentage o emale ocers in their national ser-

vices. The Police Division, working closely with the UN

Department o Public Inormation, the DPKO Gender Ad-visory Team and Member States, undertook a number

o activities since early August. The Police Division set

up an inormation booth during the opening o the 2009

UN General Assembly and at the UN-INTERPOL Ministe-

rial Meeting in Singapore; participated in a roundtable

discussion on gender-based violence at United Nations

headquarters; brought, with the assistance o MemberStates, a delegation o UN police to the International As-

sociation o Women Polices (IAWP) annual conerence,

and created a slide exhibit, a photo exhibit and a poster.

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Under-

Secretary-General or Peacekeeping Operations, Alain

Le Roy, the Assistant Secretary-General or Rule o Law

and Security Institutions Dmitry Titov and the Police Ad-

viser and Deputy Police Adviser highlighted the need ormore women in their public talks and in meetings with

Member States. In early September 2009 the Govern-

ment o Liberia announced at a Partners Forum held at

United Nations headquarters that it had also set a goal

that the Liberian National Police (LNP) would be 20 per

cent emale by 2014. n

UN Launches Global Eort to Recruit moreWomen into Police Services

Ann Tusiime, a Ugandan police ocer serving in the

United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), expressed

satisaction:

I am happy to be part o the achievements o the UN

and to be one o the emale police peacekeepers. It

will go a long way in helping to recruit women to the

UN as we have reached out to many women, and

they too will speak about what the UN is doing.

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The Secretary General o INTERPOL, Ron Noble, poses with (rom let to right) UN police ofce

Agnes Baluka (Uganda), Lena Melander (Sweden), and May Yen Sng (Singapore). Lea Ange

Biason (on the ar right) is the proessional ofcer who created and managed the UN Police Div

sion inormation booth at the UN- INTERPOL Ministerial Meeting in Singapore. (INTERPOL Phot

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Dozens o emale UN police ocers, some ormer

emale ocers rom 19 UN police contributing coun-

tries and emale police ocers rom national services

where there are peacekeeping operations, took partin the 47th International Association o Women Police

(IAWP) Training Conerence in Seattle, Washington,

USA in September 2009.

The 625 policewomen present at the conerence

warmly welcomed their peacekeeping sister ocersand expressed a keen interest in UN policing, its noble

mission around the world, and were very interested in

nding out more about how they can become a part o

UN peacekeeping, in order to serve and protect some

o the worlds most vulnerable people.

On the opening day, the UN contingent o policewomenmarched - with colleagues rom police services rom

around the world - through the streets o Seattle. Given

its unique composition and distinctive appearance, the

United Nations police contingent attracted media in-

terest and questions rom the public. During the open-ing speeches and keynote address, the role o the UN

police to promote peace was highlighted and applaud-ed. The UN police peacekeepers showed how they are

making a dierence in securing peace not only in their

own communities and in their own countries but also

through their peacekeeping work.

The United Nations police held several panel sessions

showcasing the stories o emale UN police ocers whoare breaking barriers in mediating the reorm o police

services, preserving security in reugee camps and re-

building law and order while inspiring trust as they reach

out to women and men in communities in Burundi, Chad,

Cyprus, Liberia, Sudan, Timor-Leste and many otherplaces. As well as inorming and inspiring the hundreds

o participants about UN policing, the UN delegation ex-

plored ways to orm an International Association o Fe-

male Police Peacekeepers aimed at building networks

to share expertise, provide support and encourage other

police ocers to serve in United Nations missions.

IAWP Awards

Every year the IAWP awards the outstanding peror-

mance o emale police ocers. Categories include the

IAWP Ocer o the Year Award, Community Service

Award, Mentoring Award, Excellence in Perormance

Award, Medal o Valor Award, Civilian Achievement

Award and International Recognition and ScholarshipAward. All UN police services are encouraged to ap-

ply on behal o their ocers. Details about applica-

tions and the criteria or these awards can be ound at:http://www.iawp.org/awards.htm n

UN Police Ofcers Stand Out at the International

Association o Women Police Conerence

Elizabeth Muwanga, Deputy Police Commissioner inthe Arican Union/United Nations Hybrid Mission in

Darur (UNAMID):

It is overwhelming to see policewomen rom all over

the world. You have a sense o belonging - as wom-

en in policing. When I meet these colleagues, I eel

proud as a police ofcer and as a peacekeeper.

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Actual / Authorized Deployment of UN Police in Peacekeeping Missions (December 2009)

MINURSO

Western Sahara

6 / 6

UNMIS

Sudan

715 / 715

UNMIK

Kosovo

6 / 8

UNFICYP

Cyprus

68 / 69UNAMA*

Afghanistan

8 / 8

UNMIT

Timor-Leste

1,552 / 1,605

MINUSTAH

Haiti

2,032 / 2,211UNAMID

Darfur (Sudan)

4,280 / 6,432

MINURCAT

Chad

256 / 300

UNMIL

Liberia

1,343 / 1,375

TOTAL UN POLICE

12,645 / 15,000

ONUCICte dIvoire

1,158 / 1,200

MONUC

D. R. Congo

1,201 /1,281

BINUB**

Burundi

11 / 15

includes Formed Police Units

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Note:BONUCA (Central Arican ReUNIPSIL (Sierra Leone), UNIOG(Guinea-Bissau) and UNPOS (Soare UN political missions admin

the Department o Political AaA small number o UN police ofworking in these missions.

* UNAMA is a political madministered by the Deo Peacekeeping Opera(DPKO).

** BINUB is an integrated political mis-sion that was administered by DPKOuntil the end o 2009. It is now admin-isteredby the Department o PoliticalAairs (DPA).

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UN Policing in ActionTaking on Gangs Helping to Build a

Respected National Police Service

The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MI-

NUSTAH) was established on 1 June 2004 by Security

Council Resolution 1542. MINUSTAHs mandate is to

restore a secure and stable environment, to promotethe political process, to strengthen Haitis Govern-

ment institutions and rule o law structures, as well as

to promote and to protect human rights. The Mission

is mandated to have 2,211 UN police and today there

are 2,032 o which 87 are women. Police Commission-

er Mamadou Mountaga Diallo, rom Guinea, joined

MINUSTAH in January 2007. In December 2009 Diallowas re-deployed to the UN Mission in Chad (MINUR-

CAT), where he took up the post o Commissioner.

This interview o Commissioner Diallo was conducted

by the Communication and Public Inormation Oce

o MINUSTAH.

Q. What steps have been taken by UN police to sup-port the Haitian National Police (HNP) in its eorts toreduce violence and crime in Haiti?

A. Commissioner Mamadou Mountaga Diallo (CMMD):

Violence and criminality, illicit tracking o all types,demonstrations, and natural disasters are the main se-curity challenges continually conronting MINUSTAH

and the Haitian National Police.

From 2004 until today, the socio-security situation in

the country has changed rom one o criminal uprising,

with armed groups and gangs controlling important ur-ban areas (such as Cit Soleil, Bel Air and Martissant

in the Capital area and in Raboteau in Gonaives), to

the re-establishment o State authority over the entire

country. This is thanks to numerous joint robust police

operations, notably over the period o December 2006

to December 2007, during which the gangs were dis-

mantled, gang leaders were arrested or fed; more than700 gang members or leaders were arrested. Criminal

activity was brought under control to an acceptable

level. In this regard, a study o the evolution o kid-

napping speaks or itsel. From more than 500 per year

in 2005 and 2006, the number o kidnapping cases was

halved in 2007 and only reached an average o six per

month in 2009!

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olice Commissioner Mamadou

Mountaga Diallo (in centre) in

it Soleil, Haiti. (MINUSTAH

hoto by Marco Dormino)

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have opened the way to a harmony characterized byeective and permanent co-location wherever it has

been possible.

The perect collaboration and exceptional quality o re-lations, both personal and in the workplace, between

the hierarchy o UN police and HNP, are exemplary.

Q. By 2011, what do you oresee or the Haitian Na-tional Police?

A. CMMD: I the State o Haiti and the donors continuetheir eorts at the present pace, the HNP will consist

o 14,000 certied members, trained and equipped, by

2011. Most o the present inrastructure will have beenrenewed and equipped. The building which is to house

the Inspection Gnrale, in process o construction,will be nished and equipped. A Police headquarters

will have been established. Two new maritime bases

(at Les Cayes and Port de Paix) will have been con-

structed.

Q. What are the biggest challenges/difculties that theUN police encounter in executing their mandate?

A. CMMD: Three big diculties hinder the work o theUN police: the dilapidated state o the vehicles which

are subjected to harsh road conditions; the short length

o mission o some UN police (8 9 months); and thescarcity o expertise, notably in the eld o programme

and project management.

Q. To this date, what has been the UN polices biggest

success or accomplishment in Haiti?A. CMMD: Without doubt, the greatest success o UNpolice, and o the Mission as a whole, has been the erad-

ication o the gangs reign o terror and violence and the

consequent reduction in insecurity that restored peacein the most overpopulated areas. Today, Haiti has one o

the lowest criminal rates in the region. Even lower than

in some countries which receive a lot o tourists. Thenext challenge or Haiti is development, to sustain all our

achievements in security and stability. n

Assisting the Internally Displaced inDarur (Sudan)

The Arican Union/United Nations Hybrid Mission in Dar-ur (UNAMID) was authorized in July 2007 pursuant to

Security Council Resolution 1769. UNAMID ormally be-

gan operations in December 2007. It is the rst joint AU-

UN mission, and it is mandated to have 6,432 UN police.

By the end o 2009 there were 4,280 police deployed owhich 341 are emale ocers. Micheal Fryer, rom South

Arica, took up his duties as Commissioner in December

2007. He was interviewed or the UN Police Magazine by

the UNAMID Police Public Inormation Unit.

Q. What has this job been like or you since you ar-rived in 2007 until now?

A. Commissioner Micheal Fryer (CMF): It has not alwaysbeen smooth. But through our eorts with our external

partners and the UNAMID amily, we have made some

progress. UNAMID has ought conrontations and has

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Police Commissioner Micheal Fryer salutes as he meets elders in the ZamZam internally displaced per-

sons (IDP) camp outside El Fasher, Darur. (Photo: Albany Associates / Stuart Price)

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lost lives may God rest their souls as we struggled

to ulll our mandate to restore peace and rule o lawor the people o Darur. The situation today has greatly

improved compared to how it was at the beginning. This

improvement has been due to the constructive working

relationship with the Government o Sudan and the se-

nior management o the Governments Police Service.

UNAMID police continue building condence through

long-range patrols (patrols that take two to ve days and

visit ar-reaching areas o the territory) and in some ar-eas some internally displaced people (IDPs) are slowly

returning to their villages. UNAMID has acilitated the

construction o Community Policing Centres (CPCs) in

various parts o the territory.

Q. How are the Community Policing Centres or CPCsset up? Who works in them?

A. CMF: All relevant UNAMID components are presentin these centres, including Police Gender Ocers. UN

emale police advisers visit IDPs regularly. The CPCs

ensure patrols are conducted on a 24/7 basis in areaswithout Governmental restrictions, but in areas with

restrictions, patrols are only done during the day.

Q. How has this been possible?

A. CMF: Partnership. For all o our initiatives we hadto orce and create a good working relation with the

Government o Sudan and the local authorities includ-ing local Sheiks, Humudas and Walis. This was very

important and once discussions were conducted and

agreement was reached by those administrators at the

top, reaching the IDP camps became easier.

Q. Will the people o Darur enjoy lasting peace?

A. CMF: Yes they will but this may take some time. Toachieve this we have a large role to play. All partners

in this peace process have to ully link up or the suc-

Police Commissioner Fryer assisting in the set up

temporary camp or the police to use in Darur.

(UNAMID photo)

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cess o our mission to restore peace. I I may quoteone Darurians writing it stated: We want peace: I it

is fying in the air, I am prepared to fy to catch it. I it

is buried underground, I am prepared to dig and get it.

I its available in the market, I will nd the money andbuy it. I you analyse these words, theres need or

a quick and swit restoration o peace in Darur and

Sudan at large.

Q. What are some o the positive developments?

A. CMF: Police Gender Ocers are ully doing their jobin IDP camps as mandated. Today many women can

report crimes o sexual violence against them with-

out ear. They have started orming groups to havea stronger voice to bring attention to their problems,

bringing their husbands on-board. The Governmento Sudans police are becoming more aware o the

rights o women and arrests are made o those who

abuse these rights. Though at times investigations are

slow, we are going in the right direction. In addition,

UNAMID Gender Police Ocers are being co-locatedwith Government o Sudan Police Gender Ocers and

Gender Desks are being created at dierent police sta-

tions. This creates the need or a strong judicial system

to judge and pass sentences on crimes against women

as a measure o deterring others rom committing simi-lar crimes. The UN Community Policing Unit has also

moved in the right direction. Through interactions with

IDPs and knowing the importance o personal security,

IDPs have created Community Security Volunteer (CSV)groups which are trained by UNAMID police. I would

like to take this opportunity to thank the United Nations

Development Programme (UNDP) or providing us withrefector-jackets that are used by these CSVs or easy

recognition. Long-range, condence building patrols,

rewood escorts and arming escorts have also pro-

vided some security and built condence or IDPs and

other civilians where the UN is present.

Q. What are you doing to prepare or the 2010 Elections?

A. CMF: For the April 2010 elections, the primary taskor UN police is to train trainers or both Government o

Sudan and the rebel Movements police. For the Gov-

ernment o Sudan police the programme is targeted to

cover 7,350 ocers throughout the whole o Sudan.

These trainers will train others. Funds or the pro-gramme have been provided by UNDP and all is going

well. I have to thank both police services or availing

themselves or the training. All that is being done today

is to ensure a smooth and air 2010 election process. n

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UNAMID police ofcers assist with the construction o a Community Policing Centre (CPC) near El Fashir, Darur. (UNAMID Photo)

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Role o National Security Service in ChadContinues to Expand

The Dtachement intgr de Scurit (DIS) is a police

service composed o selected members o the Chadian

Police and Gendarmerie that is responsible or main-

taining law and order in reugee camps and other sites

with concentrations o internally displaced persons(IDPs). This service, which was envisaged by a UN

report, was authorised by Security Council Resolution

1778. It was established with UN assistance in 2008,

and today has become a ormidable police service in

eastern Chad.

Within the ramework o its mandate to protect reugeesand IDPs in eastern Chad, the DIS decided to increase

the number o women in its ranks in order to become a

modern, credible, and most o all, ecient service on

the ground. The US Ambassador in Chad said about theDIS: The Government o the United States hopes that

the experience o the DIS vis--vis the struggle against

sexual and gender-based violence will be appreciatedby the other elements o the Chadian security orces

and the police as a measure o perormance and pro-

essionalism to be emulated.

When the United Nations Mission in the Central Ari-

can Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) selected a group

o National Police and Gendarmerie ocers to begin

this service in January 2008 there was only one wom-

an. A year later, in January 2009, the number o women

reached 78 out o 745 ocers. By September 2009, this

number climbed to 87 women out o 803 ocers. Chad-ian authorities and MINURCAT are determined to in-

crease this ratio.

In a socio-cultural environment based on ancestral

values as is the case in eastern Chad, where women

and men live separate lives, an increased number o

women in the DIS can only be benecial. In the cur-rent cultural context, these DIS women have a great

advantage over men as they are more readily ac-

cepted by the reugee and IDP women, demonstrating

that women are not only victims, but also protectors.The DIS women will also be able to better understand

the concerns o emale reugees and IDPs and to bet-

ter include their demands in the overall DIS securityplan. As part o the on-going UN support to the DIS,

in October MINURCAT gave 200 bullet-proo vests to

DIS ocers. n

UN police and DIS ofcers interview Sudanese

reugees in the Farchana reugee camp.

(UN Photo by Olivia Grey Pritchard)

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The Reality

The number o police ocers authorized or deploy-

ment in UN peacekeeping operations and special po-

litical missions increased teen-old, rom under 1,170

in 1995 to 15,000 in 2009. Formed Police Units a teamo up to 140 police ocers, who work on public order

management, including crowd and riot control; protec-

tion o UN sta and acilities, and support police op-

erations involving a higher risk and/or that require a

ormed response have increased rom two units in

2000 to more than 50 today.

UN police ocers come rom almost 100 Police Con-

tributing Countries and are deployed in 13 peacekeep-ing operations and our special political missions. This

refects the growth in multi-dimensional peacekeeping

operations in general, but also the increased complex-

ity o tasks enshrined in the policing mandates issuedby the Security Council.

A comprehensive analysis o the Police Division, con-

ducted in 2008, assessed the Divisions activities and

identied gaps that compromise its ability to meet to-

days peacekeeping challenges. Specically, the review

highlighted that the Division aced a 30 per cent vacancy

rate in police, gaps in the representation o national andlinguistic groups, a gender imbalance and diculties in

recruiting senior personnel as well as police experts in a

range o specialized areas, including Formed Police Units.

The review proposed, among other things, that the Police

Division switly strengthen its recruitment capacity to ex-

ecute the eective and ecient selection, recruitment,deployment, rotation and extension o police and other

administrative matters. In 2009, the General Assembly en-

dorsed the increase o stang o the Police Division.

Stepping Up

As part o the on-going reorm and expansion the Divi-

sion has established a Police Selection and Recruitment

capacity, which will be responsible or selecting and

recruiting candidates or UN police positions as wellas deploying, rotating and repatriating existing police

personnel. Its role as a quality control capacity or in-

ternational police ocers entails that the selection and

recruitment capacity will apply pre-dened criteria in its

assessment o candidates and ensure Member State

compliance with these standards. It will also take over

the task o selecting and assessing individual UN policeocers and members o Formed Police Units.

The Police Division is also establishing a Planning Unit,

which will develop generic police peacekeeping plan-

ning tools and templates and support both United Na-

tions headquarter elements and eld-based police

components. A Development Unit will concentrate onorward-looking initiatives, and will add a new transna-

tional, organized crime position that will work on the IN-

TERPOL action plan and support the West Arica Coast

Initiative to counter organized crime in this region. And

the Police Division is establishing a Policy Unit dedicat-ed to developing guidance or police peacekeeping.

Pre-Deployment Training: Ensuring Qualitywhile Increasing Quantity

The 2008 Strategic Peacekeeping Training Needs As-

sessment showed that at least one third o the growingnumbers o individual police ocers deployed to UN

peacekeeping operations had not received sucient

pre-deployment training.

To help Member States to ulll their obligation to equip

selected police ocers with the vital knowledge neededto unction eectively in a peacekeeping operation, theUN Integrated Training Service and the Police Division

UN Reorm in Progress

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The regional UNTrain the Trainer course in Sweden, May 2009. (UN Pho

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developed, in cooperation with experts and experienced

police trainers rom several peacekeeping training insti-

tutes, a module, UN Peacekeeping Training Standardsor Pre-deployment Training o UN Police Ocers,

was completed. In May 2009 these materials were sent

to Member States. The UN training service conducted

regional Train the Trainer courses in Sweden (May2009), Ghana (July 2009), Argentina (November 2009)

and Australia (December 2009). This module is acces-

sible through the UN Peacekeeping resource hub:

http://peacekeepingresourcehub.unlb.org.

Election Guidelines or UN Police

Elections are oten a key part o UN mission mandates

and UN police are regularly called upon to play a

role. UN police help provide security and protect a-cilities, convoys, voting material and in some cases

candidates. Rather than being guided by an overarch-

ing UN policy, these activities have been traditionally

carried out on the basis o individual common sense

and know-how. While tailoring police electoral assis-

tance to specic circumstances remains necessary,some generally applicable guidelines are being put

in place in accordance with international standards.

Together with the International Security Sector Assis-

tance Team at the Geneva Centre or the Democratic

Control o Armed Forces, the Police Division is devel-oping guidelines on the role o police in supporting

post-confict electoral security.

Framework or Police Peacekeeping

In line with the Departments New Horizon goals, the

UN Police Divisions Policy Unit is developing a com-prehensive Strategic Doctrinal Framework or In-

ternational Police Peacekeeping to enhance the e-

ectiveness o UN police peacekeeping through more

consistent, harmonized approaches to the provision o

public saety, police reorm and support to local police

services and through a more sophisticated recruitment

o sta with the necessary specialized skills and ex-perience. This Strategic Doctrinal Framework will be

completed in 2012. DPKO and the Police Division are

very grateul that the Norwegian Ministry o Foreign

Aairs has agreed to und the initiative which will en-

gage a variety o stakeholders.

In November 2009, the rst critical step to identiy the

core objectives and crucial unction o police in inter-

UN police ofcers aiding to secure ballot boxes in the Oecussi District, Timor-Leste 2009. (UNMIT Photo)

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national missions and outlines values and principlesor deployment was agreed at a meeting in Turin, It-

aly, which brought together more than 20 practitioners

and academics rom around the world.

UN Standing Police Capacity Relocates to Italy

As part o the reorms infuencing the role o police in

peacekeeping operations, in 2004 the General Assem-

bly endorsed the proposal o the High-Level Panel on

Threats, Challenges and Change or a Standing PoliceCapacity (SPC) o up to 100 ocers. For more inorma-

tion about the SPC see the Police Division Website:

http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/sites/police/and the UN Police Magazine July 2009.

In 2007 the rst 25 SPC ocers took up their posts, and

began working out o the UN Secretariat. In 2009 the UNMember States endorsed the decision o the Secretary-

General that the SPC would be permanently based at the

United Nations Logistics Base (UNLB) in Brindisi, Italy.Between July and December 2009 these ocers com-

pleted the relocation. First impressions about the work-

ing conditions here are quite avourable, said Catherine

Rompato, the Special Assistant to the Chie o the Stand-

ing Police Capacity. n

UN Police Division Receives Award or Darur Training ProgrammeAt the annual conerence o the International Association o Chies o Police (IACP) the United Nations Police Divisionwas given a Webber Seavey Award or its UN police pilot training programme that it developed or the Arican Union/

United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darur (UNAMID). The Webber Seavey Award is a joint initiative between the IACP

and Motorola. The pilot training programme, known as the Pilot Police Pre-Deployment Training Initiative or Darur

(3PDTID) was developed at United Nations headquarters in 2008. The Police Division, working in partnership with Mem-

ber States (Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United

States) created the programme to address the largest deployment o police to one UN mission. UNAMID is mandated

to have more than 6,400 UN police ocers, and today has more than 4,200. This award-winning training was createdto: 1) ensure development and delivery o a standardized police pre-deployment training curriculum; 2) maximize the

number o ocers receiving such training, and 3) achieve these goals at little or no additional cost. n

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The Webber Seavey Award

eremony in Denver, Colorado

t the annual conerence o

he IACP, October 2009. An-

rew Carpenter rom the UN

Police Division (in centre) and

Odd Berner Malme (2nd rom

et) rom the Police Donor

Working Group received the

ward on behal o the UN.

IACP Photo)

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UN Police Contributing Countries December 2009

Argentina 30

Australia 75

Bangladesh 1,509

Benin 158

Bosnia and Herzegovina 21

Brazil 12

Burkina Faso 68

Burundi 69

Cameroon 137

Canada 124

Central Arican Republic 16

Chad 56

Chile 15

China198

Colombia 27

Cte dIvoire 150

Croatia 12

Czech Republic 5

Dem. Rep. o the Congo 20

Djibouti 39

Ecuador 1

Egypt 137

El Salvador 53

Ethiopia 17Fiji 49

Finland 4

France 93

Gambia 141

Germany 14

Ghana 524

Guinea 84

Hungary 1

Iceland 2

India 742Indonesia 178

Ireland 18

Italy 6

Jamaica 25

Jordan 1,611

Kenya 40

Kyrgyzstan 16

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5

Madagascar 45

Malawi 52

Malaysia 244

Mali 59

Montenegro 1

Namibia 36

Nepal 839

Netherlands 20

New Zealand24

Niger 144

Nigeria 863

Norway 25

Pakistan 717

Palau 2

Philippines 324

Poland 3

Portugal 202

Republic o Korea 4

Romania 30Russian Federation 55

Rwanda 175

Samoa 16

Senegal 587

Serbia 9

Sierra Leone 64

Singapore 21

Slovenia 1

South Arica 154

Spain 35

Sri Lanka 75

Sweden 45

Switzerland 9

Tajikistan 9

Thailand19

Togo 40

Turkey 184

Uganda 198

Ukraine 56

United Rep. o Tanzania 66

United States o America 62

Uruguay 16

Vanuatu 46

Yemen 155

Zambia 302Zimbabwe 110

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For inormation on all UN peacekeeping visit:

http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/

For UN Police in global peacekeeping visit:

http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/sites/police/

The United Nations Police Division is

launching a photo contest in 2010. The

Division is looking or high-quality pho-

tos o UN police ofcers, men and wom-en, working in feld missions.

The pictures should be between 266

300 DPI/PPI and should be saved as a

maximum quality JPG fle.

All entries should be sent to the

OROLSIPI@un.org mailbox, and should

include the name o the photographer

and inormation about the subject o the

photo, including the date it was taken.

The best photo submitted will be used

on the cover o the July 2010 UN Po-

lice Magazine, and will be ramed and

placed in the UN Secretariat with a

caption announcing the winner.

Ater July the best photo received willbe used as the cover o the January 2011

UN Police Magazine, and also ramed. I

you have some good shots, submit them.

[ POLiCE DiviSiON PhOTO CONTEST ]

In 2007, the Ofce o Rule o Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI)was established in the Department o Peacekeeping Operations

(DPKO), in order to strengthen the links and coordinate the De-

partments activities in the areas o police, justice and corrections,

mine action, the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration o

ex-combatants and security sector reorm. The Ofce is headed

by Assistant Secretary-General Dmitry Titov, who reports to the

Under-Secretary-General or Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le

Roy. The Police Division is part o this Ofce.

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