About the Conduct and Discipline Units
The conduct and discipline units in DPKO were established in November 2005 as part of a package of reforms in United Nations peacekeeping to strengthen accountability and uphold standards of conduct in the United Nations.
The headquarters conduct and discipline team maintains global oversight on the state of discipline in all peacekeeping operations and provides overall direction for conduct and discipline issues in field missions. The units in peacekeeping operations act as principal advisers to heads of mission on all conduct and discipline issues involving all categories of peacekeeping personnel in the missions. The conduct and discipline units address all forms of misconduct by United Nations (UN) peacekeeping personnel, including acts of sexual exploitation and abuse.
Conduct and discipline personnel are now deployed in the following peace operations: Afghanistan (UNAMA), Burundi (BINUB), Brindisi (UNLB), Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), Cyprus (UNFICYP), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), Golan Heights (UNDOF), Haiti (MINUSTAH), Jerusalem (UNTSO/UNSCO), Kosovo (UNMIK), Lebanon (UNIFIL), Liberia (UNMIL), Nepal (UNMIN), India/Pakistan (UNMOGIP), Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL), Sudan (UNMIS), Timor-Leste (UNMIT) and Western Sahara (MINURSO). In 2007, plans are underway to ensure that conduct and discipline experts are deployed to cover a total of 20 missions.