Department of Peacekeeping Operations
The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (French Département des opérations de maintien de la paix, English Department of Peacekeeping Operations, DPKO ) is a Department Founded in 1992, the UN Secretariat, replacing the Office of Special Political Affairs. The DPKO proceedings on behalf of the UN Secretary-General the information provided by Member countries peacekeepers of the United Nations observer missions and peacekeeping missions. It leads some political missions and the Mine Action Service of the United Nations (English: United Nations Mine Action Service, UNMAS ) for the coordination of mine clearance and the exploding remnants of war responsibility. The peacekeepers are under the operational command of a commander who receives his instructions from the UN Secretary-General or by a Special Representative of the Secretary General.
This peace- and - keeping operations are only possible if the United Nations or the United Nations General Assembly Security Council so decides, and the parties involved agree. This consent can be withdrawn. Thus, the UNEF I had on May 16. 1967 Egyptian desire to leave the Sinai. Peace enforcement measures are not generally carried out by the DPKO, but by Member States.
Head of DPKO is since 3 October 2011, the Frenchman Hervé Ladsous. From June 30 2008 to 3 October 2011, the Frenchman Alain Le Roy led the DPKO. He thus replaced the long-serving leader, the Frenchman Jean -Marie Guéhenno, who led the office from October 1, 2000, as Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations from. Even the later UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was head of DPKO, between March 1993 and December 1996.
Staff
In February 1993, the General Assembly decided by resolution 47/ 71 provides that Member States should provide military personnel for the DPKO. 1997 a total of 111 officers were asked, 69 NATO countries and 19 U.S. nearby countries then the system was with the UN Resolution 51/243 in September 1997 changed and since then paid the DPKO 's own military personnel themselves, only specialists may are provided free by the Member States of the UN, which in 1999 but pressure from the developing countries (because specialists can often be paid only by rich countries and thus supremacy could arise ) has been set.
System of standby arrangements of the United Nations
This system ( engl. UN Stand-by Arrangements System - UNSAS ) is an existing since 1994 Directory of troops, supplies and equipment, which may be after the start of a new operation available within 30 to 90 days. Each Member State shall submit his offer fixed itself. Currently, about 100,000 soldiers, police and other experts are reported. In training centers, such as the UN Training Centre of the German Federal Armed Forces in Hammelburg, they are trained according to UN standards.
An addition was constructed, founded on a proposal by Hans Hækkerup and with the support of the UN Rapid Reaction Force Multinational Brigade of the United Nations Forces High Readiness ( SHIRBRIG ). It consisted of 15 December 1996 to 30 June 2009. The rapid reaction force should be used at the beginning of a peace mission, only to be replaced by other troops. The following countries participated: Argentina, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Canada, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia and Spain. These states were observers: Chile, Jordan, Senegal, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The largest insert with about 700 soldiers was in 2000 on the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea (United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea). Further deployments were at the UN missions UNOCI, UNMIL, UNMIS and UNAMIS.
In planning is a rapidly verlegendes headquarters, the Rapidly Deployable Mission Headquarters ( RDMHQ ).
Supply base of the United Nations
The DPKO has since 1994 on a permanent facility in Brindisi meeting their needs for logistics, " Logistics Base of the United Nations " ( engl. United Nations Logistics Base ). With parts of the emplaced material (referred to as "strategic deployment stocks " - engl Strategic Deployment Stocks, SDS. ), A new mission to start quickly.
Best Practices section of peacekeeping
The DPKO has since 2001 on the department " group best practices of peacekeeping " ( PBPU ), the lessons learned from previous missions are worked up. In July 2005, the department "section of Best Practices peacekeeping " ( PBP ) has been renamed.