UN / PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS POLICE COMMISSIONERS

“United Nations Police advisers and mentors are critical to the planning of public order management during electoral cycles,” UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations said. UNIFEED

• Video Length: 00:03:14
• Production Date: 5 February 2026
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS - DPKO; SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; POLICE
• MAMS Id: 3533041
• Parent Id: 3532735
• Alternate Title: unifeed260205e

Description

STORY: UN / PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS POLICE COMMISSIONERS
TRT: 03:14
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 05 FEBRUARY 2026, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations:
“United Nations Police play a crucial role in supporting political processes, strengthening host-State police and other law enforcement institutions, and helping increase trust between communities and the host State. Further, United Nations Police advisers and mentors are critical to the planning of public order management during electoral cycles. In missions such as MINUSCA, MONUSCO, UNMISS and UNFICYP, its work aligns with mission-wide political strategies to advance stability and reconciliation.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Faisal Shahkar, United Nations Police Adviser:
“Mis and disinformation campaigns have increasingly targeted our missions, complicating our engagement with communities and eroding trust with host State institutions. In response, the United Nations Police has expanded its community outreach mechanisms, enhanced cooperation with mission strategic communications teams, and strengthened local dialogue platforms to reinforce confidence in our presence.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Mamouna Ouédraogo, Police Commissioner, United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO):
“Protection of civilians remains central to our mandate. Through daily engagement with communities, traditional leaders, civil society, and police counterparts, UNPOL contributes to enhancing early warning, preventing violence, and strengthening community trust in security institutions. Special emphasis is placed on displacement-affected areas, where insecurity exposes civilians, especially women and children—to heightened risks. During the last semester, UNPOL conducted more than 50 IDP-camp visits, supported over 80 joint protection patrols with the PNC, and organized more than 72 joint community-engagement activities inside IDP camps to strengthen dialogue, trust, and cooperation.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Meinolf Schlotmann, Police Commissioner, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“The political and security environment remains volatile underscoring the importance of an agile, integrated Peacekeeping Mission with unrestricted freedom of movement under the Status of Forces Agreement. Within this context, UNPOL’s approach is to protect today, while helping build a police service that can protect tomorrow. In terms of our priorities for mandate implementation, firstly, UNPOL will sustain an active Tier 2 Protection of Civilians posture — visible, deterrent, and rapidly deployable — through integrated patrolling with Formed Police Units (FPUs) and Individual Police Officers (IPOs) across population centers and emerging hotspots.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council

Storyline

“United Nations Police advisers and mentors are critical to the planning of public order management during electoral cycles,” UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations said.

Addressing the Security Council today (05 Feb) about the police components of UN peace operations, Lacroix said, “United Nations Police play a crucial role in supporting political processes, strengthening host-State police and other law enforcement institutions, and helping increase trust between communities and the host State.”

Also addressing the Council today, UN Police Adviser Faisal Shahkar, said, “Mis and disinformation campaigns have increasingly targeted our missions, complicating our engagement with communities and eroding trust with host State institutions. In response, the United Nations Police has expanded its community outreach mechanisms, enhanced cooperation with mission strategic communications teams, and strengthened local dialogue platforms to reinforce confidence in our presence.”

Police Commissioner of United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mamouna Ouédraogo said, “Protection of civilians remains central to our mandate. Through daily engagement with communities, traditional leaders, civil society, and police counterparts, UNPOL contributes to enhancing early warning, preventing violence, and strengthening community trust in security institutions. Special emphasis is placed on displacement-affected areas, where insecurity exposes civilians, especially women and children.”

Police Commissioner with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan Meinolf Schlotmann said, “The political and security environment remains volatile underscoring the importance of an agile, integrated Peacekeeping Mission with unrestricted freedom of movement under the Status of Forces Agreement. Within this context, UNPOL’s approach is to protect today, while helping build a police service that can protect tomorrow.”