UN Police MagazinePolice Magazine – January 2010 The January 2010 UN Police Magazine, the 4th edition of this publication, gives an overview of the work accomplished by the UN Police Division between July and December 2009. There are messages from the Special Representatives of the Secretary General for Liberia and Timor-Leste, an introduction by the Deputy Police Adviser Ann-Marie Orler, and interviews of the UN Police Commissioners in Haiti and Darfur (Sudan). The magazine describes the outcome of the UN and INTERPOL Ministerial Meeting held in Singapore in October, and explains a number of activities the Police Division has undertaken as part of its global effort to increase the number of female police officers in national services and in the UN service. This edition also explains the projects underway to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of UN policing at a time when the demands on this Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations continue to grow. Please feel free to download this magazine, print and share it with your colleagues. Police Magazine – July 2009 The July 2009 Police Magazine is an ambitious publication which presents the increased importance of UN policing around the world. It was published following the re-structuring in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), which took place at the end of 2007 and in 2008. The Police Division became a central component of the newly established Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI) which is lead by the Associate Secretary-General Dimitry Titov. The Police Division is now housed and works with even greater coordination with the Criminal Law and Judicial Advisory Service (CLJAS), the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Section (DDR), the Security Sector Reform Unit (SSR) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS). This 28-page magazine presents an overview of the important work the Division is doing in UN missions around the world, and highlights DPKO’s strong and on-going commitment to disrupt organized crime, its global effort to recruit more police and specifically more female police officers, and information on Police Contributing Countries. As the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon states in the foreword of this magazine: “The unprecedented global demand for United Nations Police reflects a growing understanding of the beneficial role they are playing in war-torn countries during the crucial post-conflict stabilization phase. Within the overall framework of establishing the rule of law, UN Police work towards the sustainable development of law and order institutions.” Please download and share this magazine with your colleagues and friends, so that they too can better understand the work done by United Nations policemen and women. June 2007 The latest edition of the UN Police Magazine highlights the work of the first all-female Formed Police Unit, which arrived in Liberia earlier this year, the role played by UN Police in elections in Timor-Leste, and other key developments at a time of unprecedented global demand for peacekeepers in general and police in particular. In his opening message, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that the surge in demand for UN "boots on the ground" attests not only to the Organization’s continuing relevance, but also to its central place in advancing human dignity. He also emphasizes that the work of the UN Police is indispensable to establishing sustainable law and order. December 2006 Establishing the rule of law is essential to achieving sustainable peace, and police-support activities are central to this effort, says the UN Police Adviser in the first edition of the UN Police Magazine. The growing role of Formed Police Units in global policing and the importance of attracting more female officers are other highlights. The fundamental purpose of police in missions now is to build institutional capacity in post-conflict environments so the role of UN Police officers is changing from being an observer to being more of a coach: "getting down there with the people to help make things right." |
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