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UNPOL component in the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia surpasses the gender parity targets for 2028

Achieving gender parity in the United Nations staff remains an Organizational imperative. In response to the United Nations Secretary-General’s call for accelerated action to advance gender parity, the Police Division has reinforced its efforts in this regard as well as implemented several new initiatives. For instance, since the passage of Security Council resolution 2242, which called for doubling the number of women serving in police contingents, United Nations Police (UNPOL) has seen a more than twofold increase in women members of Formed Police Units (FPUs), from 6% in 2015 to 14.4% in 2022, surpassing the target of 12% set out in the United Nations Uniformed Gender Parity Strategy 2018-2028.