UNITED NATIONS FIELD SECURITY HANDBOOK - Korbel

1 UNITED NATIONS FIELD SECURITY HANDBOOK System-wide Arrangements for the Protection of UNITED NATIONS Personnel and Property in the FIELD Effective January 2006 iiRECORD OF AMENDMENTS Document : FIELD SECURITY HANDBOOK Copy Holder : _____ Ammdt No Issue Date Title/Content Insertion Date Initials Amendments to this document may be issued as corrigenda for manuscript insertion or as whole-page replacements (pages in loose-leaf editions are numbered by chapter to facilitate this). The copyholder should record the insertion of each amendment in the table provided here.

2 On changes of appointment the new copy holder should use this table to ensure that the copy handed over is up-to-date. iiiTABLE OF CONTENTS chapter I Introduction chapter II Inter-Agency SECURITY Coordination A. Coordination at Headquarters Level B. Coordination with Headquarters of Organizations C. Inter-Agency SECURITY management Network (IASMN) - Governance D.

3 Coordination at FIELD Level chapter III Applicability of SECURITY Arrangements A. Staff members of Organizations of UNITED NATIONS System B. Assistance to Other Persons chapter IV Responsibility for SECURITY A. Host Government B. Organizations of the UNITED NATIONS System C. Staff Members of the UNITED NATIONS System chapter V SECURITY Planning in the FIELD A.

4 The SECURITY management Structure a) Designated Official b) Country Representatives c) SECURITY management Team d) FIELD SECURITY Officers i) Fulltime Professional Chief SECURITY Advisors (CSA) ii) SECURITY Focal Point iii) FIELD SECURITY Coordination Assistants iv) Single-agency SECURITY Officers e) Area SECURITY Coordinators f) Wardens B.

5 The Country Specific SECURITY Plan C. Listings of Staff Members and their Eligible Family Members for SECURITY Purposes D. Emergency Communications E. SECURITY Phases a) Phase 1 Precautionary b) Phase 2 Restricted Movement c) Phase 3 Relocation d) Phase 4 Emergency Operations e) Phase 5 Evacuation F. Continuity of UNITED NATIONS Operations G.

6 Resumption of UNITED NATIONS Operations at a Phase 5 Location H. SECURITY of Residences of Internationally-recruited Staff Members ivChapter VI Other SECURITY -Related Issues A. Travel B. Compliance with SECURITY -related Decisions C. Financial Arrangements D.

7 Compensation for Loss of, or Damage to, Personal Effects of Internationally-recruited Staff Members E. Reporting SECURITY Incidents F. Reporting Arrest or Detention of Staff Members G. Policy of the UNITED NATIONS with regard to possession of Personal Firearms H. Policy of UNITED NATIONS System with regard to Hostage-Taking and Kidnapping - ANNEXES Annex A Relevant Extracts of Charter of the UNITED NATIONS Annex B Guidelines for Preparation of a SECURITY Plan Annex C Measures Relative to SECURITY and Safety of Nationally-Recruited Staff Members and their Eligible Dependants Annex D List of Internationally-Recruited Staff Members, their Spouses and Their Eligible Dependants Annex E List of Nationally-Recruited Staff Members and their Eligible Dependants Annex F Record of Internationally-Recruited Staff Members, their Spouses and Their Eligible Dependants Annex G Minimum Operating SECURITY Standards (MOSS)

8 Annex H SECURITY Clearance Procedures Annex I Evacuation/Relocation Entitlements Annex J Checklist: Follow-Up after Evacuation of Staff Members Annex K Inventories of Furniture, Household Effects, Automobiles and Valuables Annex L Actions Required in Case of Death of Staff Members under Suspicious or Unclear Circumstances and/or Accidents Annex M Procedural Preferences for Reporting Cases of Arrest and Detention Annex N Memorandum on the UNITED NATIONS Legal Rights when a Staff Member or Other Agent of the UNITED NATIONS , or a Member of their Family, is Arrested or Detained Annex O Use of Armed Guards Annex P Inclusion of International Staff of Intergovernmental and Nongovernmental Organizations in UNITED NATIONS SECURITY Arrangements Annex Q Required Reports Annex R SECURITY management Team Meeting Format Annex S Glossary of Terms Annex T Policy with regard to Operations in a Nuclear.

9 Biological or Chemical Warfare Environment 1 - 1 SECURITY HANDBOOK chapter I INTRODUCTION The HANDBOOK is intended to be a comprehensive policy document. In addition to restricted technical information for use only by officials directly concerned with SECURITY , it contains information of an organizational and administrative nature agreed upon by the Chief Executives Board (CEB) which should be made available to those responsible for the administration of entitlements at the duty station. The HANDBOOK , as a whole, is not intended for distribution to each staff member at the duty station. However, relevant sections of it may be reproduced for distribution to staff members, as appropriate. Compliance with the policies outlined in this HANDBOOK is mandatory; failure to comply with these policies and procedures could seriously endanger the lives of staff members and has implications for the liability of the organizations concerned.

10 The arrangements described in this HANDBOOK have been agreed to by the organizations of the UNITED NATIONS system at the Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Meeting on SECURITY Matters1 in Geneva in June 1994 and were subsequently endorsed by the Administrative Coordination Committee (ACC) at its meeting held in October l994. The HANDBOOK was modified by the Ad Hoc Inter-Agency Meeting on SECURITY Matters in Paris in May 2001 and modified again by the Inter-Agency SECURITY management Network (IASMN) to reflect the Framework for Accountability for the UNITED NATIONS SECURITY management system as directed by the General Assembly in resolution A/RES/56/255-VII at its meeting held in 2002. This FIELD SECURITY HANDBOOK is intended for the use of UN staff only, and any other use is not authorised. 1 The Ad Hoc Inter Agency Meeting on SECURITY matters was replaced by the Inter Agency SECURITY management Network (IASMN) effective 1 January 2002.