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Management & Compliance, and (4) is represented by the many technical and management
certifications e.g. ISO 9001, 14001, 20000 and 27001 which proves that UNLB is the past and GSC
is the future operational arm of the UN Secretariat. I cannot talk of GSC without mentioning a
component which is very well known to COESPU for the longstanding collaboration between SCP
and the COESPU. The SPC is co-located with GSC in Brindisi, assists in the fulfillment of the
strategic mission of the UN Police by providing rapidly deployable, effective, and coherent policing
expertise to UN peace operations, including start-up capacity post conflict and assistance to existing
UN missions and other partners. The SPC works closely with the UN Justice and Corrections
Standing Capacity (JCSC), also established at the GSC in Brindisi.

Mr. Buades, can you give an example of a situation in which the GSC support was rapidly
provided?

I could give several, but the first that comes to my mind is when last year a heavy storm destroyed
the construction site of the new operational HQs of the UN Peacekeeping Mission-MINUSMA in
Bamako, Mali. Several prefabricated buildings and ablution containers were up-rooted by a cyclone
causing fatalities, injuries and damages. The GSC-OSH Officer and Chief Engineer arrived in
Bamako only 2 days after the Mission’s request, to conduct a safety and engineering assessment.
All findings and recommendations for corrective solutions have been accepted and implemented by
the Mission Management and made available to other Field Missions which could potentially
experience such type of heavy storms.

UN Global Service Center (UN-SGC) in Brindisi – Italy

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