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On 7th September the UNPOLs of GAO regional office deployed in Ansongo and Menaka received the United Nations medal. Through this decoration, the United Nations recognizes their contribution to the stabilization of Mali. At…
The UN Police Division is hosting the second annual workshop of the Serious and Organized Crime Focal Point Network from 11 to 13 September in New York. The workshop, an activity of the Police Division-led Transnational…
The Police Division of the Department of Peace Operations gathered on 31 August to pay tribute to the memory of Andrew Hughes (Australia), a former UN Police Adviser from 2007 to 2009. Commissioner Hughes passed away on 29…
ABOUT UNISFA Under the terms of Security Council resolution 1990 (2011) of 27 June 2011, UNISFA would monitor and verify the redeployment of any Sudan Armed Forces, Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM) or its successor from…
United Nations Police and AU will boost their cooperation. That’s the outcome of various discussions held among the two entities on 2 and 3 August. A 3-day retreat brought together last week in Addis Ababa United Nations Top…
Top cops from across the globe met at United Nations Headquarters in June to chart a vision for the police components deployed to UN peacekeeping missions. They took part in a two-day UN Chiefs of Police Summit ( UNCOPS)…
"Peacekeeping faces many challenges, the launch of the Action for Peace initiative (A4P) is an opportunity to address such circumstances." That was from Luis Carrilho the United Nations Police Advisor in his address to the…
Against the backdrop of worsening security in Mali’s central regions and with presidential elections just six months away, a senior United Nations official on Tuesday said it is time to reexamine the configuration of the UN…
The United Nations Police Division, in partnership with the African Union, recently concluded a command development course specially for female senior police officer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Over 50 participants from 26…
The role women play in UN peacekeeping operations is critical to the protection of civilians in the conflict-affected country of South Sudan, says the Head of Police in the United Nations Mission. Speaking at the UN medal…
Defending the vulnerable from attack is one of the important duties of a UN peacekeeper, but what do you do when you come across a secret safe that may contain weapons, hidden away in a camp designed to protect civilians…
Gladys Ngwepekeum Nkeh is a United Nations police officer (UNPOL) from Cameroon, one of some 12,870 uniformed personnel working with the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. Earlier this year, the officer…