United Nations Police Week Conference

Discussions will focus on a number of aspects, including:

• United Nations police’s contribution to the Secretary-General’s reform initiatives and the restructuring of the United Nations peace and security architecture;
• UN police’s central role in the Secretary-General’s vision for conflict prevention and sustainable peace by supporting host-states in standing up effective, efficient, representative, responsive and accountable police services;
  • The key role of the police Division’s Standing Police Capacity in providing start-up capability for new police components of United Nations peace operations and assisting existing United Nations peace operations during transition and draw down phases;
  • Increasing protection of civilians, confidence-building, reconciliation and strengthening of host-State services;
• Preventing and addressing new threats including transnational organized crime through capacity development and enhancement of host-State police services and other law enforcement entities.
• Implementation of the United Nations Police Gender Action plan in line with United Nations Secretary-General’s System-wide Gender Parity Strategy and the Department of Peacekeeping Operation’s targets for uniformed personnel;
• The enabling role of United Nations police in paving the way for transitions the withdrawal of United Nations peace operations.