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United Nations Police
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2025 Report on Efforts to Advance Gender Responsive Policing

This report highlights the joint contributions of United Nations Police (UNPOL) and Member States in advancing UN commitments on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, in line with the Secretary General’s Action for Peacekeeping initiative, 2030 Agenda, Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy (2018–2028), Policy on Gender Responsive UN Peacekeeping Operations (2024), Department of Political and Peacebuilding…

Our Mission

UN Police enhances international peace and security by supporting Member-States in conflict, post-conflict and other crisis situations.

UN Police goal is to realize effective, efficient, representative, responsive and accountable police services that serve and protect the population.

To that end, United Nations Police build and support or, where mandated, act as a substitute or partial substitute for host-State police capacity to prevent and detect crime, protect life and property and maintain public order and safety, in adherence to the rule of law and international human rights law

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Peacekeeping

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UN Peacekeeping helps countries in conflict restore stability and lay the foundations for sustainable peace. Visit the UN Peacekeeping homepage.
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UN Police Selection and Recruitment - At a Glance

The United Nations Security Council mandates United Nations peace operations, including the policing tasks.
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The Mission of UN Police

United Nations police pursue community-oriented and intelligence-led policing approaches to contribute to the protection of civilians.
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Recruiting more police women

The representation of women police officers is critical to increase the operational effectiveness and efficiency of UN Police.

United Nations Police

The mission of UN Police is to enhance international peace and security by supporting Member-States in conflict, post-conflict and other crisis situations.