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?Walking the path together with Member States

The highest standards of conduct are a critical aspect of implementing the mandates for 51³Ô¹Ï peace operations.

The UN recently hosted a virtual event on ¡®Strengthening the Conduct of Peacekeeping Personnel¡¯ where Member States and the UN shared existing good practices in preventing misconduct, enforcing the UN standards of conduct and ensuring accountability for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse and discussed remaining challenges.

In a , Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres stressed that ¡°Member States are our vital partners¡± to ¡°strengthen accountability for the conduct of peacekeeping personnel¡±.

Guterres asked them to ¡°continue to make progress on this collective priority by learning from the lessons of the past and building on them¡±.

¡°We need to honour our values with bold action to ensure accountability for 51³Ô¹Ï peacekeeping personnel who are guilty of misconduct,¡± he added.

In their partnership with the UN, countries including those sending troops and police personnel to our peace operations, have committed to preventing and addressing misconduct when it occurs.

103 Member States have signed a?Voluntary Compact?on Eliminating Sexual Exploitation and Abuse with the Secretary-General, joining the Secretary-General¡¯s?Circle of Leadership?on the prevention of and response to sexual exploitation and abuse in UN operations or by contributing to the?Trust Fund in support of victims.

¡°We need good practices of Member States so that we can collectively improve,¡± stated Catherine Pollard, Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy and Compliance.

Prevention

Prevention measures include robust risk management and raising awareness of the values and standards to be respected by UN personnel.

India integrates the UN e-learning course on prevention of misconduct including sexual exploitation and abuse in all uniformed personnel trainings before they are deployed to our peace operations.

Rwanda implements rigorous command and control, including movement monitoring at its field bases and has institutionalized daily reporting on occurrences of misconduct.

Enforcement

Enforcement measures are critical to hold personnel accountable for breaching UN standards of conduct.

With the active partnership with the UN, Member States are working continuously to strengthen enforcement, which is, at its core, a question of accountability.

Ghana conducts joint investigations on alleged misconduct cases with the Office of Internal Oversight Services to conduct timely, effective, and reliable investigations.

Morocco implemented?After Action Reviews?for all misconduct cases to thoroughly understand the circumstances surrounding allegations. The lessons learned from each case help develop responsive risk management.

South Africa conducts courts-martial in mission areas on alleged misconduct cases and, when not possible, in South Africa.

Such?in-situ?courts-martial ensure victims and affected communities can participate and directly see justice being served.

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