DO Training

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United Nations
Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS)
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The Challenge
185 countries
5 Areas
98,431 UN employees
More than 300,000 dependants
Increasing number of High Risk countries
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Background

• The Department of Safety and Security was created
  in response to three resolutions adopted by the
  General Assembly over a three year period.
• In resolution 56/255 of 24 December 2001, the
  Assembly requested the Secretary-General to
  conduct an evaluation of the United Nations
  security system.
• In its resolution 57/155 of 16 December 2002, the
  Assembly requested the Secretary-General to take
  the necessary measures to ensure that security
  matters were an integral part of the planning for
  existing and newly mandated United Nations
  operations.
• Lastly, General Assembly resolution 58/295 of 18
  June 2004, requested the Secretary-General to
  submit to the Assembly at its fifty-ninth session
  a comprehensive report on the further
  strengthening of the safety and security of
  United Nations operations, staff and premises.

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Background

• Secretary-Generals Report to the General
  Assembly Strengthened and Unified Security
  Management System for the United
  Nations-A/59/365 11 October 2004
• General Assembly Resolution A/RES/59/276
• Decision to unify
• UNSECOORD
• Safety and Security Service (SSS)
• DPKO Civilian Security
• Established the United Nations Department of
  Safety and Security on 1 January 2005

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UNDSS Mission Statement
The Department of Safety and Security is
responsible for providing leadership, operational
support and oversight of the security management
system to enable the safest and most efficient
conduct of the programmes and activities of the
United Nations System
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A New Strategic Vision for DSS in 2009

• Provide worldwide security leadership for the
  entire UN System.
• Provide sound, well designed, and valuable
  security programs and policies
• Lean and capable security organization
• Coordination and collaboration critical to
  success.
• Risk analysis based policies and procedures not
  risk avoidance.
• Use of transparent and justifiable security
  methodologies.
• Common framework of accountability.
• Capacities to be developed in an evolutionary
  approach.
• Important to recognize that in spite of
  best efforts to protect staff and premises it may
  still not be enough to avoid or prevent tragic
  events.

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Baghdad 2003
Algiers 2007
Hostage Incidents
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POLICY, PLANNING AND COORDINATION UNIT
Under Secretary General (USG)
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING SECTION
DEPUTY USG
FIELD SUPPORT SERVICE
DIVISION OF HQ SECURITY AND SAFETY SERVICES
DIVISION OF REGIONAL OPERATIONS
DSS Structure
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Under Secretary General (USG)
POLICY, PLANNING AND COORDINATION UNIT
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
DEPUTY USG
COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING SECTION
DIVISION OF HQ SECURITY AND SAFETY SERVICES
PROTECTION COORDINATION UNIT
HQ UN SSS
Division of Headquarters Safety and Security
Services
UN OFFICES AWAY FROM HQ
REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS
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Under Secretary General (USG)
POLICY, PLANNING AND COORDINATION UNIT
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING SECTION
DEPUTY USG
DIVISION OF REGIONAL OPERATIONS
THREAT AND RISK UNIT
Division of Regional Operations
NGO LIAISON
CRISIS MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS UNIT
DEPUTY/SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER
COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE
MIDDLE EAST
PEACEKEEPNG OPERATIONS SPT. SECTION
EAST AFRICA
WEST AFRICA
ASIA - PACIFIC
EUROPE - AMERICAS
IRAQ
FIELD OPERATIONS (CSA / SA / CSO / COS / DSA/
FSCO )
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Under Secretary General (USG)
POLICY, PLANNING AND COORDINATION UNIT
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
DEPUTY USG
COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING SECTION
FIELD SUPPORT SERVICE
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SECTION
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION
Field Support Service
CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT UNIT
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POLICY, PLANNING AND COORDINATION UNIT
Under Secretary General (USG)
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING SECTION
DEPUTY USG
DSS Structure
DIVISION OF REGIONAL OPERATIONS
FIELD SUPPORT SERVICE
DIVISION OF HQ SECURITY AND SAFETY SERVICES
NGO LIAISON
DEPUTY/SENIOR OPERATIONS OFFICER
INFORMATION MGMT SECTION
CRISIS MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS UNIT
PROTECTION COORD UNIT
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION
THREAT AND RISK UNIT
COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE
HQ UN SSS
MIDDLE EAST
PEACEKEEPNG OPERATIONS SPT. SECTION
CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MGMT UNIT
UN OFFICES AWAY FROM HQ
EAST AFRICA
WEST AFRICA
ASIA - PACIFIC
EUROPE - AMERICAS
REGIONAL COMMISSIONS
IRAQ
FIELD OPERATIONS (CSA / SA / CSO / COS /DSA/ FSCO
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS
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Resources

• To provide security support in all countries
  where UN has a presence
• Headquarters 140
• Field Posts 305 international, national 398
• HQ Security Operations 1600
• Countries covered 185
• Countries where DSS has a presence 113

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DSS Global Deployment
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What do we buy

• Personal Protection Equipment
• Armoured Vehicles
• Armoured Office Accommodation Units
• Close Protection Equipment
• Perimeter Access Control
• Blast Mitigation
• Vehicle Tracking
• Medical First Response
• Communications
• Uniforms Accoutrements
• Ammunition

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All Goods and Services required by UNDSS are
procured through the United Nations Procurement
Division (UNPD) http//www.un.org/Depts/ptd/
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QUESTIONS?

• THANK YOU

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New Strategic Vision

• The Department of Safety and Security will
  provide worldwide security leadership for UN
  Secretariat entities and UN Agencies, Funds, and
  Programs. Critical to and implicit in the
  strategic vision is the recognition that this
  unified security structure must implement sound,
  well designed, and valuable security programs and
  policies throughout a highly decentralized United
  Nations system. DSS headquarters must be a lean
  and capable security organization providing
  guidance, policy, training, risk assessments, and
  other security products that UN organizations and
  security coordinators must be able to leverage
  effectively in order to ensure the delivery of
  security to their various constituents. This will
  also avoid costly redundancies and conserve both
  programme and security resources. Coordination
  and collaboration on security programs and
  policies at all relevant UN organizational levels
  must be scrupulously observed. Risk analysis
  based policies and procedures as opposed to risk
  avoidance policies must be the security measure
  for UN operations if critical programs are to
  continue in security challenged environments. To
  this end, a unified DSS security organization
  must set the example. Security policies,
  programs, and recommendations must be based on
  transparent and justifiable security
  methodologies, designed to find ways for UN
  programmes to remain in countries and succeed in
  their missions. A common and fully coordinated
  framework of accountability will provide
  realistic guidance on security roles and
  responsibilities. These capacities will be
  developed in an evolutionary approach, thereby
  ensuring that additional resources are properly
  absorbed and utilized and recalibrated against
  actual requirements. Nevertheless, it must still
  be recognized that organizational and individual
  best efforts to protect staff and premises may
  still not be sufficient to avoid or prevent
  tragic events, when faced by determined and
  resourceful opponents intent on disrupting or
  damaging United Nations personnel and activities.