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UNDSS<br />
YOUR SAFETY, YOUR SECURITY, OUR PRIORITY<br />
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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