The Structure and activities of UN Police
Division
Chris Sharwood-Smith
HISTORY
• 1945 – Military dominance
• 1960 – Deployment to Congo
• 1989 – End of the Cold War
• 1994 – UN Civilian Police Unit
• Balkans/establishment of FPUs
• 2000 – Police Division established in
DPKO
• 2005 - CIVPOL becomes UNPOL
HISTORY
• 2006 – Standing Police Capacity
• 2007 – Police Division incorporated
into Office of the Rule of Law &
Security Institutions
• 2007 – UNAMID
• SC authorises the deployment of
6,432 police officers
ROLE OF POLICE DIVISION
 Provides strategic planning and
operational support for UNPKOs
 Develops policy and guidance on
international police peacekeeping
 Undertakes selection, recruitment
and deployment of qualified staff
Department of Peacekeeping
Operations
Office of the
Under-SecretaryGeneral
Executive Office
Office of
Operations
Office of Military
Affairs
Current Military
Operations Service
Africa II Division
Peacekeeping Best
Practices Section
Criminal Law and
Judicial Advisory
Service
Military Planning
Service
DDR Section
Force Generation
Service
Asia and Middle
East Division
Policy, Evaluation
and Training
Division
Police Division
Africa I Division
Europe and Latin
America Division
Office of Rule of
Law and Security
Institutions
Situation Centre
Mine Action
Service
Security Sector
Reform Unit
Integrated Training
Service
UN Police Division
Police Adviser
Deputy-Police
Adviser
Mission
Management &
Support Section
Selection &
Recruitment Section
Standing Police
Capacity
Strategic Policy
& Development
Section
Team 1
Police Planning Unit
Police Policy Unit
Police Development Unit
Team 2
Team 3
ENGLISH Language
FRENCH Language
MINURSO
Western Sahara
6 (6)
UN DPKO Missions
UNMIK
Kosovo
7 (8)
UNFICYP
Cyprus
65 (69)
Formed Police Units
MINUSMA
Mali
950 (1440)
UNAMA
Afghanistan
4 (8)
MINUSTAH
Haiti
2,436 (3,241)
UNISFA
Abyei
15 (50)
UNMIL
Liberia
1,582 (1,375)
T O T A L:
12,917/14,880
UNMISS
South Sudan
674 (900)
ONUCI
Côte d’Ivoire
1,247 (1,350)
MONUSCO
D.R. Congo
1,401 (1,441)
UNAMID
Darfur (Sudan)
4,530 (6,432)
UN Special Political Missions with Police
ENGLISH Language
BINUCA
Central Africa Republic
2 (2)
UNSMIL
Libya
1 (15)
FRENCH Language
PORTUGUESE Language
UNAMI
Iraq
4 (4)
UNIOGBIS
Guinea Bissau
15 (16)
T O T A L:
30/48
UNIPSIL
Sierra Leone
7 (7)
BNUB
Burundi
1 (1)
UNSOM
Somalia
0 (3)
Past UN Policing Priorities
 Monitoring to verify
police performance and
impartiality.
 Observing to ascertain
police strengths and
weaknesses.
 Reporting to document
police infractions.
Modern Policing Mandates
 Interim Policing & Law Enforcement
 Operational Support
 Reform, Restructuring and
(Re)Building
Interim Policing & Law Enforcement
 Patrolling, confidence-building, arrests, detentions.
 On-the-job mentoring, advising, training.
 Transition and support.
Operational Support
 Public order, crowd control and anti-riot.
 Operational mentoring, advising and training.
 Protection – UN facilities and personnel.
Reform, Restructuring & (Re)Building
 Legislation, systems, procedures, codes, values.
 Organization, management, vetting, training.
 Basic material, logistics, communications.
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Jan-11
Jan-10
Jan-09
Jan-08
Jan-07
Jan-06
Jan-05
Jan-04
Jan-03
Jan-02
Jan-01
Jan-00
Jan-99
Jan-98
Jan-97
Jan-96
Jan-95
Jan-94
Jan-93
12000
Jan-92
Jan-91
Jan-90
Jan-89
UN Police Deployment Trends
16000
14000
Formed Police Units
Individual Police Officers
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
UNFORSEEN
Growing Complexity of Police Tasks
Unforeseen
Integrated
approach
(RoL, SSR)
Integrated
approach
(RoL, SSR)
Law
Enforcement
Capacity
Building
Law
Enforcement
Capacity
Building
Law
Enforcement
Capacity
Building
Law
Enforcement
Capacity
Building
Reform,
Restructuring
& Rebuilding
Reform and
Restructuring
& Rebuilding
Reform and
Restructuring
& Rebuilding
Reform and
Restructuring
& Rebuilding
Reform
Restructuring
& Rebuilding
Operational
Support
Operational
Support
Operational
Support
Operational
Support
Operational
Support
Advisory
Support
Advisory
Advisory
Support
Support
Advisory
Support
Advisory
Support
Advisory
Support
Training and
Mentoring
Training and
Mentoring
Training and
Mentoring
Training and
Mentoring
Training and
Mentoring
Training and
Mentoring
Training and
Mentoring
Interim Law
Enforcement
Interim Law
Enforcement
Interim Law
Enforcement
Interim Law
Enforcement
Interim Law
Enforcement
Interim Law
Enforcement
Interim Law
Enforcement
DEVELOPMENT
Integrated
approach
(RoL, SSR)
EMERGENNCY
RESPONSE
STABILIZATION AND
IMPROVEMENT
FPU
Humanitarian
Assistance
Humanitarian
Assistance
Humanitarian
Assistance/
Protections
Humanitarian
Assistance/
Protection
Humanitarian
Assistance/
Protection
Humanitarian
Assistance/
Protection
Humanitarian
Assistance/
Protection
Humanitarian
Assistance/
Protection
Humanitarian
Assistance/
Protection
Monitoring
Monitoring
Monitoring
Monitoring
Monitoring
Monitoring
Monitoring
Monitoring
Monitoring
1960-1999
1999 - 2002
2002 - 2010
Current Projects
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Women in Policing
Sexual & Gender based violence
Formed Police Units
Strategic Guidance Framework
Strategic
Guidance
Framework
Monitoring
& Evaluation
Standardised
Training
Detailed Job
Descriptions
Shared
Understanding
Doctrine-based UN Policing
The Fundamental Questions
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What Is Police Peacekeeping?
What Should UNPOL Do?
How Should This Be Done?
How Are UNPOL Prepared?
Questions or Comments?
Chris Sharwood-Smith
cssglobal@btinternet.com
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/chris-sharwood-smith/18/1b3/700