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UNDSS<br />
newsletter<br />
Issue 12 | October 2016 | UNDSS Internal Newsletter<br />
USG OFFICE<br />
NEWS<br />
DELIVERY<br />
Message from USG Drennan<br />
Key Events<br />
Integration<br />
Internal News<br />
Activities from Thailand, NY,<br />
Panama, Jamaica, Colombia,<br />
Vienna, Timor Leste, Pakistan<br />
SUPPORT<br />
STAFF<br />
Policy, Physical Security<br />
Staff moves, Q&A<br />
PROTECTING PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR A BETTER WORLD<br />
United Nations Department of Safety and Security<br />
Your Safety, Your Security, Our Priority
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Contents<br />
USG Office<br />
News<br />
Delivery<br />
Support<br />
Staff<br />
03 Message from the USG<br />
04 Key Events<br />
05 Integration Project: Making Integration Work in the DRC<br />
06 UNDSS Internal News<br />
07 A Day with... Peter Marshall<br />
07 Gender & Diversity<br />
08 Panama: HIM Training<br />
08 Colombia: Implementation of Gender Considerations<br />
08 Thailand: Personnel and Facility Security Course<br />
08 Timor Leste: Back to Dili<br />
09 Pakistan: Safety and Security for Women<br />
09 Jamaica: Active Shooter Training<br />
09 Vienna: Evacuation Exercise<br />
10 New York: 71 th United Nations General Assembly<br />
11 Policy: Resources on Security Policies<br />
11 SRM: SRM Going Digital<br />
11 Physical Security: A New App for Assessment<br />
12 Staff Questions & Answers<br />
13 Staff Highlights<br />
14 In Memoriam<br />
15 Staff Mobility<br />
16 HQ contacts<br />
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USG Offi ce<br />
MES S AGE FROM USG PETER DRENNAN<br />
It is time for the quarterly newsletter and a good opportunity for me to catch up with you on some key issues, so welcome<br />
to the October 2016 newsletter!<br />
The security environment continues to be highly volatile and challenging, making the work of the Department and its<br />
staff even more relevant and critical. This makes it timely for us to reflect on some of the implications of these security<br />
challenges on our staff and the delivery of UN programmes.<br />
In August, we held a ceremony to remember our twenty fallen colleagues during the thirteenth anniversary of the<br />
Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq. This is a strong reminder for us on how these attacks aim to force the UN and its staff to<br />
leave countries and people in crises, and of how important it is for us to “stay and deliver”. At the same time, we need<br />
to recognize the good work of our staff in field who are key to enabling the delivery of UN programmes. I have always<br />
been, and will remain to be, highly appreciative of all UNDSS staff who are the forefront of our efforts in helping the<br />
UN deliver on its priorities. It’s thanks to our efforts and dedication that humanitarian programmes are delivered in<br />
countries like Syria, South Sudan, Yemen, Iraq and Somalia, to name a few.<br />
Related to this, I would like to mention that the Department recently finalized the Secretary-General’s report on safety<br />
and security of humanitarian personnel and the protection of UN personnel. The report, which will be published in<br />
October, includes an analysis of emerging security trends and implications for staff as well as the additional requirements<br />
needed for the UN to be able to respond to the rising demand for security services.<br />
The expectations of what UN security can do and deliver is continuously increasing. I’m fully aware of the challenges<br />
and demands placed on the Department to enable the UN to do its important work. These cause us to reflect on why the<br />
Department exists and the importance of our Vision (protecting the people who work for a better world) and our Mission<br />
(provide professional safety and security services to enable the United Nations to deliver its programmes globally). We<br />
also need to remember those things that are important to us: being effective, efficient, excellent and ethical in our work;<br />
focusing on solutions and being innovative; developing a culture that values security; ensuring we are value-driven;<br />
responding to our clients and stakeholders needs; continual learning; communicating effectively and valuing gender and<br />
diversity in our workforce.<br />
I also want to update you on the steady progress we are making on the UN Secretariat Safety and Security Integration<br />
Project (UNSSSIP). In this newsletter there is an interesting article by Paul Farrell (Chief Project Officer of UNSSSIP) on<br />
“Making Integration Work in the DRC”, that provides insights into the practical application of Integration in the field.<br />
We’re going to share more communications on the UNSSSIP in the coming months and I encourage you to read these<br />
articles.<br />
Another key priority of the Department, on which we’ve made good progress, is the Human Resources’ Strategy to guide<br />
the career development of all DSS staff. I will share this Human Resources’ Strategy with you in the coming months.<br />
Last but not least, during the week of the 71st General Assembly at UN HQ in New York, I took the opportunity to<br />
meet many Special Envoys, SRSGs and Senior Officials to highlight the important work of the Department and the key<br />
priorities that we continue to pursue. These senior officials consistently praised the excellent work done by UNDSS. This<br />
is a great source of pride for me and us all.<br />
Overall, the work of the Department remains very much on track. This is clearly recognized and commended by other<br />
UN Departments and entities with whom I meet regularly. It is our commitment and dedication in protecting the<br />
people who work for a better world and help the UN deliver its programmes that makes DSS a strong and respected<br />
Department. I thank all of you for your sustained hard work and your efforts in making this Department the success it<br />
is today.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Peter<br />
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Key Events<br />
Latin America & the Caribbean (LAC)<br />
LAC Workshop takes place in Bogota.<br />
A LAC workshop was held in Bogota, Colombia, from 18-20 May. Like other<br />
recent DRO workshops, it was conducted in a new format involving not only<br />
CSAs and SAs, but also DOs and observers from UNSMS organizations. Over<br />
50 participants attended the workshop.<br />
Core issues of leadership in security, decision making, working with<br />
Security Management Teams, the roles of senior security personnel and<br />
crisis management were addressed through open and frank discussions.<br />
Additionally, programme criticality and the implementation of new UNSMS<br />
policies, including the Security Risk Management process, and Residential<br />
Security Measures, were discussed.<br />
UNDSS will summarize recommendations from all workshops being held in<br />
2016 and develop an action plan that will be further addressed and discussed<br />
at the conference of all UNDSS CSAs and SAs in November 2016.<br />
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Chiefs & Directors of Mission Support (C/DMS)<br />
USG Drennan took part in a DMS/CMS conference in New York on 20 July.<br />
In his address to attendees, he discussed the global security environment, how<br />
terrorism and conflict affect the UN, risk mitigation and how UNDSS priorities<br />
are addressing the threats being faced. He also gave an update on the progress<br />
being made in the Integration project, as well as answering a wide range of<br />
questions from participants.<br />
Town Hall Meeting 14 September 2016<br />
The third Town Hall meeting was attended by<br />
approximately 70 staff in NY, 12 Duty stations were<br />
connected via VTC and colleagues in the field were<br />
able to watch the meeting on the webcast<br />
On 14 September USG<br />
Drennan and his senior<br />
managers, including newly<br />
appointed DRO Director,<br />
Mike Croll ,updated all staff<br />
on a wide range of issues,<br />
including the security<br />
environment, budgetary<br />
issues, and Integration.<br />
Watch or re-watch the<br />
event on UNSMIN.<br />
Road Safety<br />
IASMN Working Group on Road Safety Strategy<br />
More than 20 participants from 12 UNSMS organizations met during a twoday<br />
session held in New York, in parallel to the opening of the 71st Session<br />
of the General Assembly. The Special Envoy for Road Safety, Mr. Jean Todt,<br />
recommended a strong commitment within the UN system and buy-in from<br />
UN senior management for a comprehensive road safety strategy, since road<br />
safety is included in two of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.<br />
Mr. Todt suggested the UN system lead by example and look at staff behaviour,<br />
as UN personnel need to be role models within the local communities they are<br />
living and serving in. “If there is a UN system-wide policy and it trickles down<br />
to all the UN country offices, I am optimistic it would achieve a lot and the UN<br />
would see reductions in traffic accidents and fatalities,” he said. Appointed in<br />
2015 as the Special Envoy, Mr. Todt mobilizes sustained political commitment<br />
to road safety and raises awareness on the United Nations road safety legal<br />
instruments and road safety best practices.<br />
Representatives from the private sector and non-profit organisations with<br />
highly developed road safety cultures, such as FedEx, Vision Zero, Network<br />
of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS), and the FIA Foundation, contributed<br />
to discussions on a UN system road safety strategy with a focus on cementing<br />
commitment from senior leadership, robust data management with accurate<br />
and complete incident reporting, and resource mobilization for organisational<br />
investment in addressing road safety.<br />
The Working Group recognized the need for a road safety strategy based on<br />
five pillars: road safety management, policy, data collection, vehicle safety,<br />
and a road safety culture including training, awareness, and communications.<br />
It was agreed that the strategy should also have a balance between being<br />
aspirational and offering prescriptive measures.<br />
The Working Group will continue to work on data analysis and look at the root<br />
causes of traffic accidents. They noted there has to be more communication<br />
within the UN system on the real cost of road traffic accidents and the significant<br />
consequences it has to reputational risk, programme delivery, and the<br />
impact on local communities.<br />
Established by the IASMN in February 2015, the Working Group on Road<br />
Safety Strategy has been chaired by UNDSS since April 2016.<br />
Mr. Thomas Lopez, Managing<br />
Director of Corporate<br />
Safety, Health & Fire<br />
Prevention for FedEx, presenting<br />
Fedex's approach to<br />
Road Safety.<br />
Special Envoy for<br />
Road safety, Mr.<br />
Jean Todt shared<br />
his vision and<br />
commitment to the<br />
working group.<br />
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UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT SAFETY & SECURITY INTEGRATION PROJECT<br />
Making<br />
Integration<br />
Work in the DRC<br />
Paul Farrell recently joined the United<br />
Nations Secretariat Safety and Security<br />
Integration Project (UNSSSIP) as Chief Project<br />
Officer. Before joining the UNSSSIP team, Paul<br />
was the Principal Security Adviser (PSA) in the<br />
DRC, where integration was a big part of his<br />
work. Paul shared his thoughts on integration<br />
with the UNDSS communications team.<br />
When Paul Farrell arrived in the Democratic<br />
Republic of Congo in July 2014 as PSA, he knew<br />
overseeing UN security in a country the size of<br />
Western Europe would not be easy. On top of the<br />
challenges that operating in the DRC presented, it<br />
soon became clear that there were two distinct UN<br />
security structures in place in the country: a large<br />
MONUSCO team, and a far smaller UNDSS team.<br />
“The division meant security was not as effective as<br />
it should have been”, he said.<br />
Problems with non-integration<br />
Having two security teams working relatively<br />
independently of each other for the same<br />
organisation caused significant problems. It was<br />
confusing for clients and for security staff. It<br />
caused overlaps and wasted resources. Paul gave<br />
an example: “There were two radio rooms being<br />
operated in various locations in the country – one<br />
run by MONUSCO, and another by UNDSS. It<br />
didn’t make any sense.”<br />
Security staff needed to be moved around the vast<br />
country to ensure maximum security coverage, but<br />
Paul did not have any official operational command<br />
over MONUSCO security staff to move them.<br />
Because of these problems, structured threat<br />
assessments, MOSS, and security plans were out of<br />
date and the service provided to clients was less than<br />
optimal. “This wasn’t because staff were not trying.<br />
It was because personnel were not being used in the<br />
most efficient and effective way”, he noted.<br />
Achieving functional integration<br />
Paul did not have the policy tools to bring UNDSS<br />
and MONUSCO teams together, so he set to work<br />
to achieve “functional integration” of MONUSCO<br />
and UNDSS security staff and assets in the<br />
country. He created a document, co-signed by the<br />
SRSG and the Mission Chief of Staff, creating the<br />
“UN Integrated Security Section – DRC”, which<br />
effectively established PSA authority over all<br />
MONUSCO security staff.<br />
Clients noticed the benefits. Rein Paulson,<br />
OCHA DRC Head of Office notes, “The benefits<br />
of integration were immediate and obvious. The<br />
depth and quality of analysis carried out within<br />
the SMT was improved and Security became<br />
more responsive due to consolidated capacity and<br />
reduction of duplication. Even support to NGOs<br />
through "Saving Lives<br />
Together" was improved.<br />
UNDSS Staff<br />
Rein Paulson saw the<br />
7,000<br />
positive effect in the<br />
DRC.<br />
3,000<br />
After Integration<br />
Before Integration<br />
“I wonder why<br />
integration would not<br />
always be adopted as<br />
a default approach to<br />
security management.”<br />
—Rein Paulson, OCHA<br />
Paul’s situation in the<br />
DRC was not unique.<br />
Many other duty stations<br />
have achieved so-called<br />
“functional integration”<br />
through various means,<br />
which has resulted in better work practices, team<br />
cohesion, and better security delivery. However<br />
it is clear that integration is needed at a global,<br />
standardised level to meet the global security<br />
needs and challenges of today.<br />
“To be most effective at our jobs, it makes sense to be<br />
under one roof.”<br />
—Paul Farrell<br />
Going global<br />
Paul is passionate about integration. “To be most<br />
effective at our jobs, it makes sense to be under<br />
one roof. UNDSS gains a great deal from the deep<br />
knowledge and experience of our DPKO colleagues.<br />
UNDSS and Mission staff bring different skills and<br />
experience to the table. We need one workforce, one<br />
family, to fully benefit from this wealth of skills and<br />
experience”.<br />
Achieving integration in the DRC has given Paul<br />
a realistic, on-the-ground perspective of what is<br />
needed to make integration work. The problems<br />
solved locally in the DRC are now being tackled at<br />
a global level through the Integration project. HR<br />
questions, such as the type of contracts staff will<br />
have post-Integration, and thorny finance issues<br />
such as funding models for integration are currently<br />
being worked through. “This work is ongoing and<br />
complex, but on-track,” he noted.<br />
What integration means for security staff<br />
UNSSSIP has a target of December 2017 to establish<br />
integration worldwide. What does this mean for<br />
security staff globally? Security staff from Missions<br />
will come under the UNDSS umbrella, so the<br />
number of staff that UNDSS oversees will increase<br />
by 126% to a total of over 6,900 staff members<br />
globally.<br />
Every one of those staff members will come under<br />
the management authority of the Under-Secretary-<br />
General (USG) for Safety and Security, Peter<br />
Drennan.<br />
“Our clients will be far more effectively served by<br />
having the right security personnel, with the right<br />
skills, in the right place, at the right time. This is what<br />
integration offers us.” — USG Drennan<br />
Security Staff will benefit. There will be greater<br />
mobility and career development opportunities,<br />
both in the field and at headquarters. In addition to<br />
greater mobility, recruitment and training practices<br />
will be standardised and staff will have equal<br />
opportunities and training.<br />
Paul summarised, “At a policy level, the UN is a<br />
global leader in safety and security. Member States’<br />
security services often look to the UN as a good<br />
example of clear, rational and accountable security<br />
management. Integration will make it even better.<br />
My experience in the DRC showed me how this can<br />
work, how it can benefit all clients, and this is why I<br />
believe in Integration”.<br />
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COMMUNICATION<br />
UNDSS Newsletter<br />
News<br />
NUMBERS<br />
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT SAFETY & SECURITY INTEGRATION PROJECT<br />
The UNDSS Newsleer is published four mes a<br />
year (October, April, July, December). The quality<br />
of the newsleer is greatly linked to the quality<br />
and quanty of contribuons. Do not hesitate<br />
to contribute by sending input or feedback, and<br />
suggesons for topics.<br />
UN Personnel affected by security incidents<br />
Personnel who:<br />
Lost their lives as a result of acts of violence<br />
Lost their lives as a result of safety incidents<br />
Were injured as a result of acts of violence<br />
Were injured as a result of safety incidents<br />
Aacks on United Naons premises<br />
Aacks on United vehicles<br />
Intrusion of United premises<br />
23<br />
16<br />
99<br />
130<br />
35<br />
155<br />
109<br />
POLICY FORUM<br />
Understanding our Policies<br />
PPCU organises a policy forum the last Wednesday<br />
of each month in HQ on topics of interest. All<br />
materials are posted on UNSMIN so colleagues in<br />
duty staons and missions can access them.<br />
LANGUAGE<br />
UNDSS communicaon products are translated<br />
into the six official UN languages: Arabic, Chinese,<br />
English, French, Russian and Spanish. Check out the<br />
communicaon secon on SharePoint to access our<br />
logos, templates, banners in various languages.<br />
Geographic Information System<br />
UNDSS GIS Officer Hwa Saup Lee has returned<br />
from his assignment to the United Naons Global<br />
Service Center. Hwa Saup will now provide the<br />
Department with geo-spaal data, tools, and<br />
services. Quesons? Need GIS support? Contact<br />
Hwa Saup at lee53@un.org.<br />
AVIATION<br />
ARMO<br />
ARMO is set to launch a new online Air Travel Focal<br />
point (ATFP) Policy Awareness training course on 3<br />
October 2016. This course is designed to provide<br />
clear guidance to those assigned as ATFPs on their<br />
role in implemenng the UNSMS Air Travel Policy.<br />
There are currently 108 ATFPs who will be enrolled<br />
in this course.<br />
TRAINING<br />
I KNOW GENDER<br />
The "I Know Gender" online course aims to develop<br />
and strengthen awareness and understanding of<br />
gender equality and women’s empowerment as a first<br />
step toward behavioural change and the integraon<br />
of a gender perspecve into everyday work for all<br />
UN staff. It provides an introducon to the concepts,<br />
internaonal framework, and methods for working<br />
toward gender equality and women’s empowerment.<br />
The course takes approximately two hours to complete<br />
and is mandatory for all UNDSS staff.<br />
RECOMMENDATION<br />
HUMANITY & SECURITY<br />
Filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years<br />
collecng real-life stories from 2,000 people in 60<br />
countries. The movie captures personal accounts<br />
of topics that unite us: struggles with poverty, war,<br />
homophobia, and the future of our planet. Launched<br />
at the UN last year, it emphasises the core values of the<br />
United Naons. See: hp://www.human-themovie.org/<br />
The movie has three volumes available on YouTube:<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShttAt5xtto<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0653vsLSqE<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdb4XGVTHkE<br />
71 st General Assembly<br />
AFRICA Workshop<br />
Nairobi<br />
Global DRO Workshop<br />
Glen Cove, NY<br />
UNSSSNET, New York<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
OCTOBER<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
DECEMBER<br />
UNDSS Town Hall Meeting<br />
Asia & Pacific Workshop<br />
Bangkok<br />
IASMN Steering Group<br />
Valencia<br />
UNDSS Town Hall Meeting<br />
POSS Workshop<br />
Valencia<br />
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News<br />
Interested in contribung to this secon? Contact<br />
Communicaon Officer Helen Bray (bray@un.org)<br />
A day with...<br />
Peter Marshall<br />
08:30<br />
09:00<br />
09:30<br />
10:00<br />
12:30<br />
14:00<br />
15:00<br />
16:15<br />
17:00<br />
Review emails<br />
Standing meeting with UNDSS senior management team<br />
Meeting with the DO/DG, UNON<br />
Chair Security Cell meeting<br />
Working lunch with Director, DAS, UNON<br />
UNEP Chief of Staff and Director, DCPI<br />
Director, UNOPS<br />
VTC with Director, DHSSS<br />
Reception at the Japanese Embassy on the occasion of<br />
the Japan Self-Defense Forces day<br />
Peter Marshall is the<br />
Principal Security Adviser<br />
for Kenya & Eritrea, and<br />
Chief of Security & Safety<br />
Services in Nairobi.<br />
G e n d e r & Diversity<br />
GENDER UPDATES<br />
The Gender Coordinaon<br />
Team has been very acve<br />
over the summer. A parity<br />
plan is underway, a gender<br />
survey has been launched, a<br />
series of brown bag lunches<br />
to promote dialogue<br />
have been iniated, and<br />
stascal trends are being<br />
compiled as well.<br />
Brown Bag Lunch<br />
On 25 July, the first brown bag lunch<br />
was launched under the leadership of<br />
ASG Gwaradzimba. Parcipants watched<br />
and discussed a gender-related video.<br />
The discussion highlighted various<br />
opinions and was moderated by Ms.<br />
Randi Davis, Gender Expert at UNDP. The<br />
HQ brown bag lunch is now a series and<br />
the next one will be held later in October.<br />
Replicate the idea at your duty staon!<br />
GENDER SURVEY<br />
UNDSS staff were invited to be part of a large survey on gender. The<br />
stakes are high: as 78% of our staff are male; UNDSS is at the boom<br />
of the list regarding gender parity. Can we change this trend? Is<br />
gender important for our acvies? Do we need more training? Do<br />
we need more work-life balance provisions? Tell us what you think.<br />
We will establish a baseline and monitor carefully our progress.<br />
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Panama<br />
Hostage Incident Management (HIM) Training in Panama<br />
Delivery<br />
Colombia<br />
UNDSS Colombia is Making Gender Considerations a Priority<br />
On 21 September, UNDSS Panama organized the first HIM<br />
training for the WHO Latin America and the Caribbean<br />
Team responsible for responding to natural disasters and<br />
other emergencies in the region. 50 WHO staff members<br />
attended the training. Hostage incidents in some Latin<br />
American and Caribbean countries represent a significant<br />
threat to the UN. The training focused on hostage survival<br />
techniques and related UN HIM policies.<br />
UNDSS Colombia is committed to ensuring that gender considerations are fully integrated into<br />
security management and has developed various activities to achieve this goal.<br />
The implementation of the Women Security Awareness Training (WSAT) is key to this strategy,<br />
and has been provided in Bogotá and in five regions with a UNDSS presence (FSCOs). The<br />
course includes modules on violence against women as well as on general security for women.<br />
UNDSS is planning to organize a WSAT Training of Trainers Course in October 2016. Belen<br />
Sanz, DO for Colombia and UN Women Representative, is fully supportive of and promotes<br />
this training.<br />
UNDSS has also added a gender approach to the SSAFE training. Over 400 military observers<br />
who will join the UN mission in Colombia are expected to attend the SSAFE training with<br />
gender components such as inclusive language, cultural awareness, statistics on sexual violence<br />
in armed conflict, hostage survival, and mine awareness, among others. Specific scenarios of<br />
hostage taking, where gender violence occurs, and how to prevent and mitigate such threats<br />
will be discussed. Based on statistics and analysis, the Mine Awareness module covers the<br />
differentiated impact on gender and how to prevent it.<br />
Furthermore, UNDSS Colombia has included a gender-related violence case study in its SRM,<br />
which is to be further analysed by the participants.<br />
Thailand<br />
Personnel and Facility Security Course<br />
Insp. Saranya Chuenvichitr and Lt. Ekarat Onlamoon of<br />
UNDSS/SSS Bangkok attended the Personnel and Facility<br />
Security (PFS) course organized by the International Law Enforcement<br />
Academy (ILEA) from 1-12 August 2016 in Bangkok.<br />
The course was delivered by instructors from the US Department<br />
of State and Diplomatic Security Service, and was<br />
attended by forty-two law enforcement officers from eight<br />
countries in Asia.<br />
The course provided participants with an understanding of<br />
the best practices currently used to deter, prevent and respond<br />
to attacks on personnel and facilities. At the conclusion of the<br />
course, Insp. Chuenvichitr was nominated as the Class Speaker<br />
and delivered a speech to ILEA executives and guests at the<br />
closing ceremony.<br />
Timor Leste<br />
Back to Dili<br />
UN Security and UNDSS in Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor) have gone through<br />
several changes over the years since the first UN security officers arrived in May 1999. Lars<br />
Siefert was privileged to be one of the first to arrive in UNAMET/Dili in June 1999, months<br />
before the referendum that eventually led to creation of a new nation: Timor-Leste. Lars left<br />
Timor in 2001 and returned in July 2013, this time as DSA for UNDSS.<br />
Since UNAMET was established in 1999, Timor-Leste has hosted a number of UN DPKO<br />
missions including: UNAMET, UNTAET, UNMISET, UNOTIL, and UNMIT. The final<br />
mission completed its mandate in December 2012, and the security presence went from over<br />
fifty international security officers to UNDSS operating with just two international security<br />
professionals (SA and DSA), supported by three UNDSS national staff and a 24/7 Radio Room.<br />
Hundreds of security colleagues served in Timor-Leste during the mission years. Today’s<br />
UNDSS office is still located in the old DPKO compound, Obrigado Barracks.<br />
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Delivery<br />
Pakistan<br />
UNDSS Pakistan: Making a difference in Safety and Security for Women<br />
In July 2015, Lorna Wilson Morgan and Maryam Siyal were appointed as Women Security Focal<br />
Points (WSFPs) for Pakistan. They quickly identified many ways they could help and support<br />
female colleagues, starting simply by reaching out to them and building trust, confidentiality,<br />
and respect through dialogue along the way.<br />
Since the start of 2016, they have conducted two Women Security Awareness training (WSAT)<br />
courses and disseminated information pertinent to the safety and security of female personnel.<br />
They are pleased to report increased levels of contact from staff, who get in touch to report<br />
incidents affecting female personnel, as well as an increase of those seeking advice for relatives<br />
of staff encountering acts which threatened their safety and security, all of which is kept in the<br />
strictest confidence.<br />
Their work is grounded in a strong policy framework, most notably the policy on Gender<br />
Considerations in Security Management, Annex A: Immediate Response to Gender-based<br />
Security Incidents.<br />
Jamaica<br />
Active Shooter Training<br />
Active shooter incidents are being reported around the world, and are rapidly becoming the top<br />
threat scenario in many countries. The availability of small arms and light weapons along with<br />
the relative accessibility of populated areas has led to an increase in both the frequency of violent<br />
incidents and the number of victims killed or injured in each incident.<br />
UNDSS Jamaica conducted its first Active Shooter training recently with the participation of<br />
52 UN personnel, other international organizations, and guests from the Japanese, Colombian,<br />
and U.S. Embassies. The training went beyond purely practical exercises, striving also to provide<br />
insights on the motivations that lead people to engage in actions that will result in the loss of<br />
human lives, including their own.<br />
The session aimed to change inaccurate perceptions and participants actively engaged in group<br />
discussions and exercises on profiling the drivers, triggers, and recognizing signs of potential<br />
violent behaviour at different scenarios. The course included recognizing sounds of gun shots,<br />
best practices on how to respond, what to do when law enforcement arrives, and how to cope<br />
with post-stress incident.<br />
Vienna<br />
UNOV SSS Conducts Major Evacuation Exercise in Vienna International Centre<br />
At 09:48 AM on Wednesday 3 August, Chief O’Hanlon gave the order: “Attention,<br />
all personnel are to immediately evacuate the Vienna International Centre”. As<br />
alarms and speakers rang loudly, all available security officers, medical personnel,<br />
and wardens rushed to their positions. While only an exercise, the unseen planning<br />
and limited forewarning of the event added to its realism. Some 3000 personnel<br />
calmly left their workspaces and conference rooms, making their way to designated<br />
assembly points. The entire exercise was completed within 90 minutes, with<br />
minimal disruption to client services. Managers, supervisors, and representatives of<br />
the Vienna Emergency Services joined a debriefing after the event to draw lessons<br />
learned.<br />
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UNDSS<br />
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
Delivery<br />
71 th United Nations General Assembly<br />
SSS officers on duty in the General Assembly Hall<br />
A security officer keeps watch from the roof of the General Assembly Building<br />
ID cards being checked by SSS officers<br />
USG Drennan being briefed at the Joint Operations Center<br />
Secretary-General with H.E Abdel Fattah el-Sisi<br />
A SSS officer on duty during the speech of H.E Barak Obama<br />
A SSS officer on duty in the General Assembly Hall<br />
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UNDSSS<br />
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
Support<br />
FOR THE RECORD<br />
RESOURCES ON SECURITY POLICIES<br />
Security Management System<br />
SRM Going Digital<br />
UNSMIN<br />
SECURITY<br />
POLICY<br />
MANUAL<br />
POLICY<br />
PRESENTATION<br />
VIDEO<br />
COMMUNIQUE<br />
SRM, SSIRS,<br />
WEAPONS<br />
MANUALS<br />
SECURITY<br />
MANAGEMENT<br />
OPERATIONS<br />
MANUAL<br />
WEBEX MEETINGS (Field)<br />
DRO WORKSHOP<br />
MONTHLY POLICY FORUMS<br />
BRIEFING UPON REQUEST<br />
QUESTIONS:<br />
undss.policy@un.org<br />
LIVE<br />
The roll out of the new SRM process and platform is continuing, with a<br />
planned completion date of 31 December 2016.<br />
The introduction of a revised methodology for risk assessment, and its<br />
supporting online 'SRM tool', alongside the existing policy on Programme<br />
Criticality, will enable the shift of core UN Security risk management<br />
functions away from paper towards a new data-based approach, that will<br />
allow for more dynamic and responsive risk management decisions. The<br />
tool will also improve accountability within the UN Security Management<br />
System with the advent of 'implementation monitoring' for approved<br />
security prevention and mitigation measures.<br />
Moreover, the data collected will reveal important trends and patterns on<br />
the effectiveness of UN risk management on a local, as well as a global,<br />
level. Public reaction to the system so far has been positive, but it is also<br />
clear that the new digital platform will, at times, ask UN decision makers<br />
and security professionals to adjust their risk security management<br />
approaches to make best use of the technology. For example, SRM<br />
measures must be crafted in accordance with SMART criteria. In other<br />
words, they should be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time<br />
bound in their realisation.<br />
For more on this users can contact the designated focal point within<br />
UNDSS DRO for responding to queries on SRM implementation, George<br />
Bloch (bloch@un.org).<br />
Physical Security<br />
Physical Security Assessment Application<br />
The Division of Headquarters Security and Safety Services’ Physical<br />
Security Unit (PSU) is working alongside the Crisis Management<br />
Information Support Section (CMISS), to develop a Physical Security<br />
Assessment App that will provide security practitioners from UNDSS<br />
and AFPs with a means to collect and analyse data on premises in order<br />
to identify vulnerabilities and appropriate mitigating measures, in line<br />
with the SRM methodology.<br />
The app can collect data while offline at a site, such<br />
as premises characteristics, existing mitigating<br />
measures, occupancy and location. The tool will<br />
also be capable of importing and exporting data<br />
to and from other existing UNSMS tools and<br />
datasets, including the SRM E-tool, the Premises<br />
database and SSIRS. All of the relevant collected<br />
information can then sync with the desktop<br />
component to develop a premises vulnerability<br />
assessment and provide a comprehensive list of<br />
possible mitigation measures to be implemented.<br />
DHSSS anticipates field testing the app in early<br />
2017.<br />
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UNDSSS<br />
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
Staff<br />
F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D QUESTIONS & ANSWERS<br />
What you should know<br />
about MAIP & UNDSS?<br />
The United Nations Malicious Acts<br />
Insurance Policy (MAIP) has been in<br />
place for United Nations staff since<br />
1990. The purpose of the policy is<br />
to compensate staff for damages<br />
suffered as a result of malicious acts<br />
while serving for the United Nations.<br />
The Policy covers death or permanent disability – including Post Traumatic<br />
Stress Disorder - caused directly or indirectly by War or a Malicious Act.<br />
MAIP applies on a 24 hour basis, worldwide for staff and other eligible<br />
individuals of the UN and UN Participating Organizations. As of 2008, the UN<br />
and more than 20 other UN Participating Organizations participate in the MAIP.<br />
Participation in the UN MAIP is voluntary for the various UN organizations.<br />
However some UN organizations that do not participate maintain similar<br />
programs. Staff members should be directed to their organization’s personnel<br />
division for specific information on the applicability of the policy, and how to<br />
make claims.<br />
UNDSS has a specific role in the issuance of MAIP. It is a condition under the<br />
policy that each claim must include a UNDSS certification that the claimant<br />
was compliant with prevailing security guidelines and procedures. In the case<br />
of non-compliance, UNDSS may certify that non-compliance was inadvertent.<br />
UNDSS NY will decide on the certification in consultation with the affected<br />
UNSMS organization and UNDSS field office.<br />
The Policy is administered by the Insurance and Disbursement Service (IDS) in<br />
the Accounts Division, Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts<br />
(OPPBA), United Nations. For further questions please contact: MAIPquestions_UNHQ@un.org<br />
Did you know? The MAIP was initially limited to those duty stations designated as<br />
‘Hazardous’ by UNSECOORD. On 1 January 2004 coverage was expanded to include<br />
all countries, except the 10 countries where the participating organizations have<br />
their HQ. Effective 1 January 2006, coverage was expanded to these 10 countries as<br />
well, so coverage is now worldwide.<br />
What is the status of the HR Strategy?<br />
Work on the UNDSS Human Resources Strategy is progressing well, with<br />
the draft document currently under review by the Department's senior<br />
management. It is expected that the final document will be disseminated<br />
before the end of the year. Prior to that, the draft Strategy will be shared<br />
with UNDSS Directors and with the Office of Human Resources Management<br />
(OHRM) for comments. The USG of UNDSS will give the final approval<br />
once all the consultations have been completed. The Strategy will provide<br />
the vision, objectives and a set of principles for the management of human<br />
resources in UNDSS for the coming years. Therefore, it is very important that<br />
these consultations take place in order to ensure the quality, value and relevance<br />
of the final document.<br />
Why shouldn't I play Pokemon Go<br />
on my phone?<br />
You may have been tempted or your children may have<br />
downloaded it to their phone but have you read the “fine<br />
print”? Many people who download apps fail to read the<br />
fine print.<br />
The fine print that states that you, the user, agree to provide<br />
access to any and all data on your device: emails, address book,<br />
location and other very private personal info, even driving data.<br />
When linked with other social media accounts, like Facebook and<br />
Twitter, your "anonymity" vanishes.<br />
Not only are you sharing your personal data with the app provider<br />
by clicking "I agree" on the apps' Terms and Conditions, you are<br />
also agreeing to allow others, third parties, to access your content,<br />
your contacts and all your private information. This occurs on<br />
your mobile phone, tablet and now on wearable devices. You are<br />
giving permission to be tracked and for your personal info to be<br />
shared/sold. In other words, you are relinquishing all rights to<br />
privacy and facilitating a potential security intrusion. "Pokemon<br />
Go" is just the latest app to take advantage of "data access."<br />
Companies want your information to share (more accurately to<br />
sell) with third parties to "provide better products and services"<br />
— for instance, to provide targeted, contextually relevant<br />
advertising based on your interests, behaviors, location and<br />
preferences. That is the "good guy" model. Facebook, Apple and<br />
Google are just three of the many companies generating billions<br />
of ad dollars this way from your private information.<br />
But what about all the information you are unwittingly making<br />
available to the "bad guys"? To demonstrate the data you are<br />
routinely sharing, walk through these next steps. If you are an<br />
iPhone user, here's how you can easily see if you are vulnerable<br />
to a data hack:<br />
Go to Settings. - Tap Privacy - Tap Location Services - Scroll down and<br />
tap on Systems Services -Scroll down to Frequent Locations (if Off,<br />
your privacy is intact). - If ON, tap on Frequent Locations - Tap on any<br />
of the History details.<br />
Here, you can see the last six weeks of your whereabouts,<br />
including frequency, time of day and amount of time spent at<br />
each location! This is not limited to iPhone users.<br />
This information can be mirrored, hacked or used by others for<br />
nefarious purposes. Another question to consider is where your<br />
previous locations prior to the last six weeks are being stored.<br />
Who has access to that, and is it secure?<br />
Therefore, read the fine print. Understand your rights and what<br />
personal information is being provided to others. Understand<br />
what and how it will be used and how it is being safeguarded.<br />
These days, the password on your smartphone is about as secure<br />
as locking your front door and leaving the windows wide open.<br />
The use of a smartphone is a challenge when performing security<br />
duties. Be aware before capturing Pokemons!<br />
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UNDSS<br />
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
Staff<br />
S T A F F H I G H L I G H T S<br />
Mike Croll<br />
Fiona Beine<br />
Djeneba<br />
Coulibaly<br />
Mike Croll joins us as Director, Division of Regional<br />
Operations from the British Diplomatic Service. Until<br />
recently he was seconded to the European Union’s<br />
External Action Service where he was responsible for<br />
the security of the EU's diplomatic service covering 135<br />
countries. Other appointments include Deputy Director<br />
for Security at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office<br />
(FCO) with responsibility for the security of diplomats<br />
at 240 embassies and consulates, Head of the FCO<br />
Crisis Management Team and Head of the FCO 24/7<br />
Global Response Centre. He has also held diplomatic<br />
appointments in Africa and South East Asia.<br />
His field experience includes working for an NGO in<br />
Cambodia, Afghanistan and the Balkans and for UNMAS<br />
in Mozambique. He served in the British Army as a bomb<br />
disposal officer and has been on active service in the<br />
Middle East.<br />
Mike holds a BSc (Hons) in Geography from University<br />
College London, a MSc in Emergency Management<br />
from the University of Hertfordshire, an International<br />
Diploma in Risk Management and he is an ASIS CPP.<br />
Fiona Beine joins UNDSS as the Field Security<br />
Coordination Officer (FSCO) in Freetown, Sierra Leone.<br />
She is a Ugandan National and a former Police Officer<br />
with the Uganda Police Force. Her previous experience<br />
in the field of safety and security was as a Local Security<br />
Assistant with UNDSS Uganda and in Peacekeeping<br />
Missions (UNAMID, UNAMI, UNMISS and MONUSCO)<br />
where she served in Information Analyst and Regional<br />
Security Officer roles.<br />
Fiona holds a MSc in Security and Risk Management,<br />
and a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration<br />
and Management.<br />
Djeneba Coulibaly joins CISMU as the Regional Stress<br />
Counsellor for the West Africa Region. Prior to joining<br />
CISMU, Djeneba was the Senior Staff Counsellor in<br />
MIMUSMA from April 2014 to June 2016. She was<br />
responsible for the Staff Counselling Welfare Unit as<br />
well as coordinating and monitoring the psychosocial<br />
services provided to staff in MINUSMA. Before joining<br />
MINUSMA, she worked under CISMU for five years as a<br />
National Counsellor in Côte d'Ivoire. Djeneba was also<br />
appointed temporary Regional Counsellor in CISMU for<br />
West Africa in New York from November 2013 to March<br />
2014. Her vast field experiences includes organization<br />
of the psychological support response to UN Staff in<br />
critical situations in West and Central Africa (Chad, CAR,<br />
Congo Brazzaville, Mali, and Côte d'Ivoire). She has also<br />
worked for UNICEF (Rwanda, Chad, DRC), for UNWOMEN<br />
(Mali), and for UNDP (CAR).<br />
Djeneba is a Medical doctor specialized in psychiatry<br />
(diploma from Abidjan University) and child psychiatry<br />
(Diploma from University Descartes in Paris).<br />
Mahsa<br />
Jafari<br />
Han Soe<br />
Aung<br />
Ramesh<br />
Lutchman<br />
Mahsa Jafari joined the office of the USG at<br />
the end of July 2016 as the Special Assistant to<br />
the USG. Prior to joining UNDSS, Mahsa Jafari<br />
was a Thematic Team Leader in the World<br />
Humanitarian Summit secretariat of OCHA.<br />
She has worked in coordination and advisory<br />
roles in the United Nations for over eleven<br />
years and has previously held positions as<br />
a Policy Specialist (Crisis/Post-Crisis) in the<br />
United Nations Development Group and<br />
as a Coordination Officer in the Integrated<br />
Office of the DSRSG/RC/HC/UNDP RR in the<br />
Democratic Republic of Congo. She holds a<br />
MSc in International Business Management<br />
from the Royal Holloway University, and a BSc<br />
in International Relations from the London<br />
School of Economics and Political Science.<br />
Han Soe Aung joins as a Local Security<br />
Assistant in Yangon, Myanmar, with<br />
country-wide responsibilities. Han brings<br />
with him a wealth of security experience,<br />
having served for ten years as a Myanmar<br />
Police Officer in various capacities, including<br />
as a liaison officer with international<br />
organisations at the Office of the Ministry<br />
of Home Affairs and as an Investigation Officer<br />
in Yangon.<br />
More recently, and since his retirement<br />
from the Myanmar Police Force, Han<br />
worked as the Project Liaison Officer for<br />
The Warnath Group, an INGO working on<br />
counter-trafficking issues and capacity<br />
building programmes.<br />
Han holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Science<br />
in Mathematics from the Yangon University.<br />
Han is married and has two children.<br />
Ramesh Lutchman is from San Juan,<br />
Trinidad and Tobago and was a Police<br />
Officer from the Trinidad and Tobago<br />
Police Service. His admiration for the<br />
UN led him to join SSS New York. After<br />
several years, his desire to be on the<br />
frontline led him to serve as FSCO in<br />
Hiiran and Mogadishu, Somalia. He<br />
would later separate from UNDSS and<br />
join UNSOM where he continued to<br />
serve as a Security Officer. In Somalia<br />
he adopted numerous roles including<br />
Security Information Analyst with<br />
UNDSS SIOC and a Security Training<br />
Officer. Ramesh holds a degree in<br />
Forensic Psychology. He is married and<br />
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UNDSSS<br />
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
Staff<br />
I N M E M O R I A M<br />
Laurent Bourgeois<br />
1965-2016<br />
Officier de Sécurité<br />
MINUSMA - Tombouctou<br />
In Memoriam<br />
Né le 11 janvier 1965, Laurent Bourgeois a débuté sa vie professionnelle en tant que militaire dans la Gendarmerie Française en 1984.<br />
Après une brillante carrière en Gendarmerie, ponctuée par une mission des Nations Unies dans la composante UNPOL en Haïti, il décide en<br />
juin 2001 de s'établir au Canada dans le cadre du rapprochement familial.<br />
En 2008, il entame une nouvelle expérience dans la vie civile au sein des Nations Unies en rejoignant la MINURCAT, au Tchad et alterne les<br />
fonctions d’enquêteur et d’officier de sécurité. En 2011, il quitte le Tchad pour servir à la MONUSCO en RDC à Kinshasa.<br />
Dans sa quête perpétuelle pour de nouvelles expériences, Laurent rejoint la MINUSMA au Mali en 2013. Personne remarquable, Laurent fait partie<br />
des pionniers de cette mission et de la section de la sécurité, assumant le premier le poste de Chef du Bureau Sécurité à Tombouctou.<br />
Courageux et aux qualités humaines exceptionnelles, il avait réussi à faire l’unanimité autour de lui pour sa gentillesse, son professionnalisme, et<br />
surtout son humanité avec son désir d’aider toujours les autres, incarnant les valeurs fondamentales des Nations Unies.<br />
Toujours disponible, il a su devenir une référence au sein de son unité et au-delà. Attaché au don de soi, il a su être un mentor pour le personnel<br />
malien de l’unité et un frère d’arme pour ses collègues officiers de sécurité.<br />
Marié et père d’un enfant, il nous a quittés le 12 septembre 2016.<br />
Premier officier de sécurité de la section décédé en service, Laurent laisse derrière lui l’image d’un homme intègre, profondément attaché aux valeurs<br />
humaines. Loyal et courageux, son exemple restera gravé a jamais dans nos cœurs et nos mémoires .<br />
Shakespeare fait dire au roi LEAR : « Celui qui souffre seul, souffre surtout par imagination ; mais l'âme dompte aisément la souffrance, quand sa<br />
douleur a des camarades d'épreuve. Entouré de tes camarades et frères d’armes présents autour de toi nous ne pouvions te laisser partir sans un dernier<br />
hommage, sans un dernier Adieu. Notre résurrection n'est pas tout entière dans le futur, elle est aussi en nous, elle commence, elle a déjà commencé. »<br />
Adieu Laurent, Adieu Camarade. Adieu notre Frère Repose en paix.<br />
Bruno Denais, Chef du bureau de la sécurité<br />
MINUSMA rend hommage<br />
à Laurent Bourgeois<br />
Le 16 Septembre, MINUSMA a rendu<br />
un dernier hommage à leur collègue<br />
Laurent Bourgeois en présence de nombreuses<br />
personalités dont l'Ambassadeur<br />
Canadien, le SRSG, le 1er Conseiller<br />
de l'Ambassade de France, et les hauts<br />
fonctionnaires de la Mission. Après<br />
l'eloge funèbre de Bruno Denais, SRSG<br />
Saleh a ajouté ses propres remarques.<br />
L'émouvante cérémonie se termina par<br />
les hymnes nationaux canadiens et francais.<br />
UNDSS présente ses condoleances<br />
à la famille et aux amis de Laurent.<br />
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UNDSS<br />
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
Staff<br />
S T A F F M O B I L I T Y<br />
Staff moves since the last newsletter:<br />
July 2016 to September 2016<br />
Arrival to UNDSS<br />
Name<br />
Position<br />
Remarks<br />
COULIBALY, Djeneba Stress Counsellor Transfer from MINUSMA<br />
CROLL, Mike Director, DRO Appointment<br />
GARCIA, Paul Staff Asst. OUSG Appointment (T)<br />
JAFARI, Mahsa Special Asst., USG Appointment (T)<br />
LOIFERMAN, Mirna Team Asst., PIDU/SSS Appointment (T)<br />
LUTCHMAN, Ramesh Sec. Off., DHSSS/SSS Assignment (T)<br />
MATTA, Micheline Assoc. Adm Off., SSS Adm Unit Transfer from ESCWA<br />
MWANGI, Margaret Ops Asst., Comscen Return from Assignment<br />
O'DONOVAN, Diarmuid SCO, APAC/DRO Return from Assignment<br />
SOBRON, Jose Miguel SCO, MENA/DRO Return from Assignment<br />
WATERS, Denise Prog. Mgmt Off. ARMO/FSS Appointment (T)<br />
Departure from UNDSS<br />
Name Position Remarks<br />
AUNG, Mar Mar Assoc. Adm Off., SSS Adm Unit End of Assignment<br />
COLAVITO, Francesco Security Officer Rerement<br />
CULLEY, Marcus CSA, Somalia Separaon<br />
FARRIA, Dewaine DSA, I/WB/Gaza Separaon<br />
GE, Shengsheng HRA, EO - NY Assignment to UNHABITAT<br />
GOMES, Illidia Training Off., TDS Separaon<br />
HUREZ, Magalie Stress Counsellor Separaon<br />
JIANG, Nan SCO End of Assignment<br />
KUNZWA, Charles SA, Uganda Secondment to UNFPA<br />
LEERS, Remon DSA, Lebanon Secondment to UNICEF<br />
LOIFERMAN, Mirna Assistant, PIDU/SSS Separaon<br />
MARCELLE, Clint Sec. Training Instructor, SSS/TDU Separaon<br />
MILLER, Ian CSA, Liberia Separaon<br />
PATTERSON, Donald Security Officer Rerement<br />
SCHWENGER, Ulrich Snr Ops SIOC, Somalia Rerement<br />
ZAKOUR, Shaden Ops Asst., Comscen End of Assignment<br />
Reassignment within UNDSS<br />
Name<br />
Position<br />
Remarks<br />
ALOKABANDARA, Ananda SA, Egypt Reassignment<br />
BARRY, Abdoulaye SA, Madagascar Reassignment<br />
CENGIC, Suad Chief SIOC, Somalia Reassignment<br />
CHLEBOWSKI, Andrzej FSCO, Kyrgystan Reassignment<br />
DEMARS, Charloe SIA, Nairobi SLWOP<br />
EDU, James Snr Ops Off., Somalia Reassignment<br />
DOUBOGRAI, Yuri DSA, Liberia Reassignment<br />
GIDUDU, Andrew FSCO, Darfur Reassignment<br />
HABIB, Sheikh FSCO, Indonesia Reassignment<br />
KULAWAT, Suchada SCO, PPCU Return from Assignment<br />
MAHBOOB, Saleh DSA, Libya Reassignment<br />
SCHOT, John FSCO, Philippines Secondment to Field<br />
SHAH, Bijay SA, PNG Reassignment<br />
SOULEY, Oumarou FSCO, Mali Reassignment<br />
THOMAS, Jamal Staff Asst, CEMS Reassignment<br />
FRIEDRICHS, Chrisan SA, Tanzania Reassignment<br />
GALLARDO, Diosdado Chief SIOC, Pakistan Reassignment<br />
GERSBACH, Michelle SA, Mozambique Secondment to Field<br />
GUMUNYU, Martha DSA, Darfur Reassignment<br />
JACOBS, Johannes CSA, Yemen Promoon<br />
KHAFAGI, Mohamed CSA, Jordan Return from Secondment<br />
KUFE, Senyo CSA, Liberia Promoon<br />
LAUKKANEN, Ilkka SA, Turkey Reassignment<br />
MANNING, Romina FSCO, Kenya Reassignment<br />
MEKONNEN, Addisu FSCO, I/WB/G Reassignment<br />
MOHAMED, Batel DSA, Senegal Reassignment<br />
NADOLSKI, Jan SA, Macedonia Reassignment<br />
OFORI, Alexander DSA, Burundi Reassignment<br />
PETERSON, Lee DSA, Somalia Reassignment<br />
POMPEY, Andrew DSA, Kenya Reassignment<br />
ROYSTER, Dwayne Team Asst, MENA Appointment (T)<br />
SIDLAUSKAS, Vygintas DSA, Sri Lanka Reassignment<br />
SOROKOVYI, Oleh DSA, Zimbabwe Reassignment<br />
TABAREZ, Fernando FSCO, Afghanistan Reassignment<br />
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YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
Staff<br />
U N D S S H E A D Q U A R T E R S C O N T A C T S<br />
|OFFICE OF THE USG | | UNSSSIP |<br />
Under-Secretary-General<br />
Peter Drennan<br />
drennan@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.3158<br />
Assistant Secretary-General<br />
Fadzai Gwaradzimba<br />
gwaradzimba@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.6962<br />
Director<br />
Mike Croll<br />
croll@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.4377<br />
Deputy Director<br />
OIC Africa Desk<br />
Igor Mitrokhin<br />
mitrokhin@un.org<br />
Director<br />
David Bongi<br />
bongi@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.9520<br />
Chief, SSS NY<br />
Mick Browne<br />
browne2@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.9211<br />
Communication<br />
Hélène Bray<br />
bray@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.4986<br />
Chief FSS<br />
Harriet Solloway<br />
solloway@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.3367<br />
Stress Mgmt.<br />
Moussa Ba<br />
ba2@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.4089<br />
+1.212.963.9038 Chief of Unit<br />
Training, a.i.<br />
Compliance<br />
Rodrigo V. Da Paixão<br />
Enrique Oribe<br />
Threat & Risk<br />
Mohamed Ragaey<br />
victordapaixao@un.org<br />
oribe@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.7770<br />
+1.917.367.3319<br />
ragaey@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.6307<br />
Conference Mgmt.<br />
Information Mgmt<br />
Viktoriya Tymoshenko<br />
André Dehondt<br />
Asia and Pacific<br />
Pae Pae Wiki<br />
Tymoshenko@un.org<br />
dehondt@un.org<br />
wiki@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.5196<br />
+1.212.963.9027<br />
+1.917.367.3042<br />
Protection Coord. Unit<br />
Aviation<br />
Europe & Americas<br />
Phillip Mclnerney<br />
Lisa Spencer<br />
André Bouchard<br />
Mclnerney@un.org<br />
spencer@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.6388<br />
+1.917.367.4813<br />
bouchard@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.6327<br />
MENA (a.i.)<br />
Valentin Aldea<br />
aldea@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.8509<br />
POSS<br />
Ken Payumo<br />
payumo@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.9181<br />
ComsCen<br />
Karen Duncan<br />
Duncank@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.0046<br />
Special Asst. to USG<br />
Mahsa Jafari<br />
jafari@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.4820<br />
Prog. Mgmt. Officer<br />
Special Asst. to ASG<br />
Laragh McAuley<br />
mcauleyl@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.3434<br />
Prog. Mgmt. Officer<br />
Margherita Zuin<br />
zuinm@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.5055<br />
| REGIONAL OPERATIONS | | HQ SECURITY SAFETY SERVICES | | FIELD SUPPORT SERVICE |<br />
Chief Project Officer<br />
Paul Farrell<br />
farrellp@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.1525<br />
|EXECUTIVE OFFICE |<br />
Executive Officer<br />
Menada Wind-Andersen<br />
wind-andersen@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.5500<br />
POLICY COMPLIANCE<br />
COORDINATION SERVICE<br />
Chief, PCCS<br />
Craig Harrison<br />
harrisonc@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.1525<br />
Policy (a.i.)<br />
Florence Poussin<br />
poussin@un.org<br />
+1.917.367.2980<br />
Daniel Igartua<br />
igartua@un.org<br />
+1.212.963.6525<br />
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UNDSS<br />
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
PROTECTING PEOPLE WHO<br />
WORK FOR A BETTER WORLD<br />
O R G A N I S A T I O N A L C H A RT & IN-COUNTRY PRESENCE<br />
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola,Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia<br />
and Herzegovina, Botswana,<br />
Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central<br />
African Republic, Chad,<br />
China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic<br />
of, Congo, Repub-<br />
lic of, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominican<br />
Republic, Ecua- dor, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial<br />
Guinea, Er- itrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands<br />
(Ma lvinas),<br />
Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia,<br />
Ghana,<br />
Guatemala, Guinea, Guin-<br />
USG FOR SAFETY<br />
AND SECURITY<br />
ea-Bissau, EXECUTIVE<br />
Guyana, Honduras,<br />
India,<br />
OFFICE<br />
I n d o n e s i a ,<br />
Iran, Is- lamic Rep of,<br />
Iraq, Is- rael, West<br />
B a n k and Gaza,<br />
Jamai-<br />
ca, Jordan,<br />
P O L I C Y ,<br />
K a - F I E L D<br />
zakhstan,<br />
COMPLIANCE &<br />
Ken-<br />
SUPPORT<br />
COORDINATION<br />
ya, Kuwait,<br />
SERVICE<br />
Kyrgyz<br />
S E R V I C E<br />
Republic,<br />
L a o People<br />
Dem-<br />
ocratic Republic,<br />
Lebanon<br />
North,<br />
Lesotho,<br />
DIVISION OF<br />
Liberia,<br />
DIVISION OF<br />
HEADQUARTERS<br />
Libya, Macedonia,<br />
For-<br />
REGIONAL<br />
SECURITY<br />
mer Yugoslav<br />
Republic<br />
OPERATIONS<br />
& SAFETY<br />
of, Madagascar,<br />
Malawi, Ma-<br />
SERVICES<br />
laysia, Mali,<br />
Mauritania,<br />
Mexico, Mongolia,<br />
Mo-<br />
rocco, Mozambique,<br />
M y a n -<br />
mar, Namibia, Nepal,<br />
Nicaragua,<br />
Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan,<br />
Panama, Papua<br />
New Guinea, Peru, Philippines,<br />
Philippines, Russian Feder-<br />
ation, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi<br />
Arabia, Senegal, Kosovo, Serbia, Sierra Leone,<br />
Solomon Islands, Somalia, South<br />
Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Darfur,<br />
Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan,<br />
Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Timor Leste, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmen-<br />
POLICY, PLANNING &<br />
COMPLIANCE, EVALUATION<br />
& MONITORING SECTION<br />
EUROPE & AMERICAS<br />
I N T E G<br />
COORDINATION UNIT<br />
ASIA & PACIFIC<br />
M E N A<br />
R A<br />
T I O N<br />
COMMUNICATION<br />
A F R I C A<br />
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istan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam,<br />
Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe<br />
P R O J E C<br />
T<br />
FRONT OFFICE<br />
P O S S<br />
THREAT & RISK<br />
ASSESSMENT SERVICE<br />
COMMUNICATION CENTER<br />
FINANCE<br />
SSS NY<br />
SSS for OaHs<br />
Geneva-Nairobi-Vienna<br />
SSS for RCs<br />
HUMAN<br />
Santiago-Beirut-Addis-Bangkok<br />
SSS for TRIBUNALS<br />
RESOURCES<br />
Arusha-The Hague-Phnom Penh<br />
PHYSICAL<br />
SECURITY UNIT<br />
DEVELOPMENT SECTION<br />
STRESS MGMT UNIT<br />
PROTECTION<br />
TRAINING &<br />
CRITICAL INCIDENT<br />
COORDINATION UNIT<br />
CRISIS MGMT INFO<br />
SUPPORT SECTION<br />
MANAGEMENT OFFICE<br />
SSS CONFERENCE<br />
SECURITY COORDINATION<br />
AVIATION RISK<br />
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