The DPKO finalized a number of strategic doctrine documents, including the "capstone" doctrine of the "United Nations Peacekeeping Operations Principles and Guidelines".
To be clear, neither GAP, nor the UN whistleblowers we represent, want to weaken or impoverish the United Nations, and certainly not the DPKO or OIOS.
As the DPKO assessment makes clear, a month later, the UN's contingency planning remains hamstrung by a lack of resources and, even if deployed, peacekeepers that are largely untested in preventing mass atrocities.
In concluding the note, DPKO said that the Security Council should go ahead with a tentatively planned trip to Burundi as part of a larger effort to reach a political solution to the crisis.
If the Security Council were to vote for a full-fledged UN force in the country, DPKO would consider "re-hatting" members the AU force, meaning they would become UN peacekeepers, which are known as Blue Helmets.
As of September 30 the UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) was fielding 15 peacekeeping operations and one political mission in Afghanistan; these consisted of 121,744 personnel, of which 97,675 were in uniform.
As of Oct. 31, 2013, the UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) was leading 15 peacekeeping operations and one political mission in Afghanistan, comprising 118,580 personnel, of which 98,014 were in uniform.
By mid-December the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) was leading a political mission in Afghanistan and 15 peacekeeping operations elsewhere; they were composed of 119,191 personnel, of which 96,927 were in uniform.
According to the letter, DPKO has formed two plans for UN intervention in Burundi.
"Combined with the continued threat of armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, removing a brigade and two formed police units from the Mission [MONUSCO] during this period will threaten the Mission's ability to protect civilians and provide security and stability in the country," DPKO cautioned in its assessment.
In the first scenario, DPKO envisions the deployment of MAPROBU as still being viable, saying the UN could potentially offer a "support package" with Security Council authorization.
