Evaluation of the Results of National Police Capacity-Building in Haiti, Côte d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of the Congo by United Nations Police in MINUSTAH, UNOCI and MONUSCO

Considered against the many deficits affecting national police forces when MINUSTAH, UNOCI and MONUC/MONUSCO were mandated, the missions’ police components have made plausible contributions to capacitybuilding. But for the United Nations to be more effective requires the Security Council to support longer-term capacity-building with adequate resources; a more engaged and solution-oriented United Nations Headquarters providing meaningful guidance to the field; ensuring to address in full the political and practical challenges, including national ownership; and for Member States to provide better qualified police officers.