UN Military Roles and Responsibilities

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UN Military Roles and Responsibilities

• 4.40

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Overview

• Introduction
• Military component
• Military component contribution
• Pre-deployment planning

• Integrated DDR unit staffing
• DDR links to security sector reform
• DDR training requirements for military personnel

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Introduction

• Important role of the Military
• Provision of a secure environment
• Logistic support
• Must be included in planning, be part of the
  endorsed mission operational requirement

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Military Component

• General
• Composition
• Command and Control

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Military Component Contribution

• Security
• Information-gathering and reporting
• Information dissemination and sensitization
• Programme monitoring and reporting
• Specialized weapon and ammunition expertise
• Logistics support

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Pre-deployment Planning

• Contingency planning
• Joint assessment mission
• Mission concept of operations
• Mission plan
• Force generation
• Standby capacity

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Integrated DDR Unit Staffing

• Posts tailored to specific mission requirements
• Mil SO1 DDR - Military Liaison (Lt. Col.)
• Mil SO2 DDR Military Liaison (Major)
• Mil SO2 DDR Disarmament and Weapons Control
  (Major)
• Mil SO2 DDR Gender and Child Soldier Issues
  (Major)

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DDR Links to Security Sector Reform

• Reconstructed or entirely new armed forces will
  be one output from a programme
• DDR planning and management should be closely
  linked to SSR planning and management structures
• International support to SSR is normally a
  bilateral issue between the Member State
  undertaking SSR and those Member States providing
  support

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DDR Training Requirements for Military Personnel

• DDR activities are included in Levels 1 and 2 of
  the DPKO Standardized Training Module programme.
• Available from DPKOs Training and Evaluation
  Service and from the DPKO website.