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DATELINE: 27 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
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1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
27 FEBRUARY 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Med shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, United Nations:
“How can we position United Nations Police to be prepared for the future and the challenges that, even as they evolve, retain many known aspects? Such challenges include lack of adherence to the rule of law, corruption, disregard for international law, transnational organized crime and human rights violations. It is therefore essential that we work collectively to ensure that the United Nations Police are properly prepared, equipped and resourced to meet whatever tomorrow brings.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Police Adviser Faisal Shahkar, United Nations:
“As is true for peace operations as a whole, the challenges that the United Nations Police face continue to be impacted by our relationships and the levels of trust between our missions, host-State government institutions and host populations. Increasingly, we see that maintaining trust entails addressing mis- and disinformation targeting United Nations peace operations and facilitating compliance with status of forces agreements.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Police Adviser Faisal Shahkar, United Nations:
“In addition to possessing sound leadership and management skills, United Nations Police commanders must be operationally adept and knowledgeable of the “how” of United Nations policing as set out in the Strategic Guidance Framework for International Policing. We need your support in ensuring that such officers – including highly skilled women and francophone officers – are made available from the Member States.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Christophe Bizimungu, Police Commissioner, UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA):
“As for UNPOL's priorities, they primarily revolve around the protection of civilians. UNPOL is therefore prepared to effectively support the security of the elections and ensure that the population is not affected during this period. This will be carried out in an integrated manner with the Force and the civilian component of MINUSCA. Integration is thus another priority for the Mission.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Mingzhu Xu, Senior Police Advisor, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP):
“Our most important role is conflict prevention. Every day UNPOL officers engage with a multitude of actors in the buffer zone, using our community-oriented Policing to defuse tensions, broker compromises and generally keep the peace.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Mingzhu Xu, Senior Police Advisor, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP):
“Amidst a challenging global geopolitical environment, in which threats affecting international peace and security arise with direct consequences to civilian populations, UNPOL stands equipped with the expertise to support law and order, engage with communities, address vulnerable groups, mediate and solve conflicts at the earliest possible level, in an ongoing or post-conflict scenario.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations said that “essential that we work collectively to ensure that the United Nations Police are properly prepared, equipped and resourced to meet whatever tomorrow brings.”
Addressing the Security Council today (27 Feb) about the police components of UN peace operations, Lacroix said “How can we position United Nations Police to be prepared for the future and the challenges that, even as they evolve, retain many known aspects? Such challenges include lack of adherence to the rule of law, corruption, disregard for international law, transnational organized crime and human rights violations. It is therefore essential that we work collectively to ensure that the United Nations Police are properly prepared, equipped and resourced to meet whatever tomorrow brings.”
Also addressing the Council today, UN Police Adviser Faisal Shahkar, said, “As is true for peace operations as a whole, the challenges that the United Nations Police face continue to be impacted by our relationships and the levels of trust between our missions, host-State government institutions and host populations. Increasingly, we see that maintaining trust entails addressing mis- and disinformation targeting United Nations peace operations and facilitating compliance with status of forces agreements.”
He also said, “In addition to possessing sound leadership and management skills, United Nations Police commanders must be operationally adept and knowledgeable of the “how” of United Nations policing as set out in the Strategic Guidance Framework for International Policing. We need your support in ensuring that such officers – including highly skilled women and francophone officers – are made available from the Member States.”
The Police Commissioner of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Christophe Bizimungu, said “As for UNPOL's priorities, they primarily revolve around the protection of civilians. UNPOL is therefore prepared to effectively support the security of the elections and ensure that the population is not affected during this period. This will be carried out in an integrated manner with the Force and the civilian component of MINUSCA. Integration is thus another priority for the Mission.”
The Senior Police Advisor at the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Mingzhu Xu, said “Our most important role is conflict prevention. Every day UNPOL officers engage with a multitude of actors in the buffer zone, using our community-oriented Policing to defuse tensions, broker compromises and generally keep the peace.”
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