The growing role of UN police
United Nations Police officers were deployed for the first time in the 1960s, in the UN peacekeeping operation in the Congo. And for more than 30 years they have been part of the UN Force in Cyprus.

Beginning with the United Nations mission in Namibia in 1988, UN Police have become an increasingly important element of UN peacekeeping in helping war-torn societies restore conditions conducive to social, economic and political stability. Next: New challenges