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Celebrations during the technical committee for regional peace and security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ©️UN Photo/Sylvain Liechti
Security Sector Reform (SSR) at the United Nations
What is SSR
Armed forces, police, border guards, and other security institutions: elemental for security, sustaining peace and development. They stabilize, protect, and provide relief. But when poorly regulated, unaccountable, or sourced for political gain, the security sector becomes a liability instead of a force for good.
Security sector reform is the work undertaken by a government and its people to make the country's security institutions serve its citizens and provide people-centered security. Accountable institutions that contribute to the rule of law, improve lives and livelihoods for all.
What We Do
Providing genuine security to any population is a meaningful assignment, central to the United Nations Charter. The United Nations supports nationally led security sector reform. Our goal is to help states and societies develop effective, inclusive, and accountable security institutions that contribute to national and international security and sustainable development.
What's Happening
SSR Week 2025!
Engage with us during SSR Week 2025, which will take place from 5 - 9 May, in the run-up to the Berlin UN Peacekeeping Ministerial.
SSR Week will focus on how SSR makes peacekeeping more effective and safer. Specifically, the campaign will share voices from a range of stakeholders, as well as examples from past and present peacekeeping operations, on the following topics.
- Day 1. SSR makes peacekeeping effective: SSR Is Central to Peacekeeping Mandate Implementation
- Day 2. SSR makes peacekeeping effective: SSR Stabilizes, Delivers Security and Brings Peace
- Day 3. SSR makes peacekeeping effective: SSR Prevents Further Insecurity and SSR&G Protects Civilians
- Day 4. SSR makes peacekeeping effective: SSR Helps Peacekeeping Missions to Exit – and not to return
- Day 5. SSR makes peacekeeping safer: SSR Helps to Remove Peacekeepers from the Front Line, and SSR Helps Police and Troop Contributing Countries to Meet Their Targets for Peacekeeping.
Voices on SSR and Peacekeeping: Run-up to the 2025 Peacekeeping Ministerial
In the run-up to the 2025 Berlin United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial (United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025 | United Nations PeacekeepingOpens a new window), we are sharing a few voices on how SSR makes peacekeeping more effective and safer.
Policy Brief Series
Don't miss out on our Policy Brief series on Good Governance in National SecurityOpens a new window! The first policy brief “We must think and work politicallyPDFPDFOpens a new window” is available now.
SSuRGe Team's 2024 Annual Report
Click here to read more about the SSuRGe Team's 2024 achievements summaryPDFOpens a new window.