UN peacekeeping is continuously evolving. The scope and complexity of the activities conducted in multidimensional operations and the need for efficiency in the use of resources require that a professional approach be taken to the way in which operations are managed.
UN peacekeeping policy and guidance represents a body of knowledge that supports peacekeeping personnel in the implementation of their tasks. It provides direction and helps streamline work processes. All policy and guidance materials are based on good practices and lessons from field operations and are regularly reviewed.
Here you can find key peacekeeping policy and guidance materials.
Peacekeeping Operations
Peacekeeping Operations
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Principles and Guidelines (“Capstone Doctrine”): This document sets out the guiding principles and core objectives of UN peacekeeping operations, as well as the main factors contributing to their success in the field. It also provides a basis for the development of training materials for military, police and civilian personnel preparing to serve in the field. The document draws on peacekeeping practices; seminal documents such as “An Agenda for Peace” (A/47/277-S/24111), Supplement to an Agenda for Peace” (A/50/60-S/1995/1) and the “Brahimi Report” (A/55/305-S/2000/80), as well as internal lessons learned materials, external research and academic commentary.
Planning Toolkit: The Planning Toolkit is intended to help field practitioners in conducting assessments and planning of DPKO-led operations. It provides guidance, templates, checklists and lists of examples of good practices to help develop a wide variety of plans, ranging from a UN-wide Integrated Strategic Framework to the mission results-based budgeting and planning.
Awarding the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage: The purpose of these Guidelines is to set out detailed procedures to be followed when awarding the Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage for acts of bravery that United Nations personnel and associated personnel have undertaken while fulfilling their mandates, at great risk to their lives. The medal is named after Captain Mbaye Diagne of UNAMIR1 and of Senegal who saved, unarmed and in the face of extreme danger, hundreds of, or perhaps even a thousand, of Rwandans from death during the 1994 Genocide’.
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