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capabilities that meet requirements of the field. UN operations should be information-based and
integrated, combining police, military and civilian data analytics.
This extends to areas that relate to
policing, including general criminality,
illegal exploitation of natural resources,
drug trafficking, corruption, and other
related issues. With clear guidance
from Member States – and with clear
mandates from the Security Council –
the UN will be able to work with host-
states to ensure that peacekeeping is
able to continue to innovate, using the
latest technology and best information
that can help ensure sound decision-
making. For example, the United
Nations Police is working on enhancing
police components’ contributions to
Missions’ overall situational awareness.
The deployment of criminal analysts, in
compliance with the Strategic Guidance
Framework (SGF) for international
police peacekeeping, will enable
operations to better identify and address
domestic and transnational criminal
threats. Using intelligence-led policing
methodology, police components will
have greater situational awareness of criminal threats for strategic, operational and tactical
planning purposes. For example, in Mali, MINUSMA Police are using a Level II forensics
laboratory, which supports the Malian authorities in producing forensic reports from evidence
extracted from disabled IEDs. The work in this laboratory also helps to provide “on-the-job”
training, advising and mentoring for the Malian security forces. In CAR, MINUSCA has a
Specialized Police Team, dedicated to forensics, that is accompanying national police and
gendarmerie to crime scenes, supporting them in gathering and protecting evidence. Meanwhile,
in Haiti, MINUJUSTH supports the Haitian National Police to establish criminal databases.
However, without logistical support, the work of substantive components – including police –
UN peacekeeping would not be able to function. On the support site, colleagues in DFS are
using technology also to reduce Missions’ environmental footprints, by launching green power
generation projects, integrating alternative energy sources, and providing remote services. For
example, the UN Global Communications Centre in Valencia (Spain) has become Europe’s
greenest data centre, employing 4030 square meters of solar panels. Renewable energy sources
are growing across peacekeeping missions, and the UN is utilizing solar panels in Lebanon,
Mali, the DRC, Western Sahara and other settings. Partnerships with CoESPU are critical to
ensure that police-contributors can be trained in all of the new technology and innovations which
peacekeeping is implementing. In May 2018, the UN Secretary-General promulgated his
system-wide Strategy on New Technologies, which incorporates artificial intelligence, robotics,
biotechnology, blockchain, machine learning, and much more. While not all of these have yet

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