21 November 2013 – Outlining the array of challenges faced by United Nations police in peacekeeping missions, top UN Police officials today stressed the necessity of increasing the number of women officers for success in fulfilling their mandates.
“We must have more female police officers among our blue berets,” Stefan Feller, Police Adviser in the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) told correspondents in New York where police heads from UN missions worldwide have gathered to consider strategy issues.
“Promoting gender mainstreaming is more than just driving number,” he stressed. More women are important to help met the complex responsibilities of police in current missions, who, he said, are “our first line defence against chaos and instability and our first-line offense towards building safety, security and respect for the rule of law.” Read more
