FINAL REPORT

DPKO convened a policy dialogue with troop and police contributing countries on 28-29 March 2006 in New York. The meeting reviewed strategies for enhancing gender balance among uniformed personnel in peacekeeping missions. After two days of plenary discussions, the participants reached a broad consensus that meaningful change is possible, and that steps must be taken to increase the number of uniformed women peacekeepers if the peacekeeping agenda is to remain credible.

A summary of the discussions and the recommendations that emerged from the policy dialogue are presented in a final report, which also contains the result of a suvey undertaken to assess the numbers of women present in national military and police forces in countries contributing troops to the UN peacekeeping missions. The survey results relate to responses from 36 countries which have thus far responded.

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Final report English

Final report French

SURVEY

DPKO is collaborating with troop and police contributing countries to identify good practices in enhancing the operational impact of peacekeeping operations through the deployment of more female military and police personnel to Peacekeeping missions. As part of this collaboration, we are conducting a survey to gather baseline information.

Those participating in the survey should click on the appropriate link below to download the survey instrument.

Note: should you wish to print the document and complete it by hand, you may wish to enlarge the spaces provided for your answers before downloading. For those who will complete the survey electronically, the space will enlarge automatically.

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Survey English

Survey French

For any questions please contact:

Gender Unit
Department of Peacekeeping Operations/PBPS
United Nations Secretariat
30th Floor
New York, NY 10017