1. SGTM 6: Personal Security Awareness

2. Security management overview
Common sense principles
Strategies to enhance security
Field travel advice

3. Organized for security
UN agencies — pooled arrangements
Peacekeeping missions — own security
Military observer missions — host Government, local authorities, regional peacekeeping force (if present)

4. UN security management
Field Security Handbook: cornerstone of policy
Highest security authority: Secretary-General
Department of Safety and Security, headed by Under-Secretary-General
Each station has Designated Official for Security

5. Designated official for security
Ensures security of all UN personnel in country
Organizes advisory security management team
Prepares country-wide security plan
Ensures security of locally recruited staff members

6. Responsible for security of all peacekeeping personnel
Head of mission
Responsible for security of all peacekeeping personnel
If responsible for other UN personnel, also named DOS

7. Chief security officer
Advises HOM on security
Prepares mission security plan
Coordinates with other agencies, local authorities
Conducts assessments
Manages guard force

8. Field security coordination officer
Assists DOS
Updates all UN staff and dependants on security
Conducts residential security surveys
Coordinates responses to crisis situations

9. Area security coordinator
Coordinates security matters in a specific area
Acts as Designated Official for that area
Coordinates security matters for mission and other United Nations agencies
May be a military officer, with a civilian deputy

10. Security plan includes
Summaries of security situation
International staff and dependants
In-country areas and zones
Emergency communications
Coordination centres or concentration points
Safe havens, means of evacuation
Essential reserves and/or supplies

11. You are responsible for your own security!
Use common sense —
You are responsible for your own security!

12. Common threats against peacekeepers
Kidnapping/hostage-taking
Violent robberies or attacks
Natural disasters
Vehicular accidents
“Wrong place, wrong time”

13. Try to blend into setting Plan for the worst Use common sense
Basic principles
Always be on the alert
Be methodical
Try to blend into setting
Plan for the worst
Use common sense

14. Brief staff, dependants on security procedures
Basic strategies
Brief staff, dependants on security procedures
Rehearse fire safety drills
Know how to use local phones
Carry coins or a local phone card
Remember emergency telephone numbers
Carry a radio, if issued

15. Stay away from isolated areas Don’t follow same daily routine
More basic strategies
Stay away from isolated areas
Don’t follow same daily routine
Don’t work late hours in office
Don’t write name, address on keys

16. When travelling, always tell family or associates:
Where you are going
When you are leaving
When you are returning
And call them when you arrive!

17. When walking or jogging:
Be aware & alert
Carry only what you need
Keep valuables in front pockets or under clothing
Walk in the open — away from hiding places
Do not use earphones with a radio or Walkman®
Use the “buddy system”

18. Approach a vehicle to answer questions
Don’t:
Approach a vehicle to answer questions
Hitch-hike or accept rides from strangers
Walk alone at night
Talk to strangers at night
Take shortcuts through isolated areas

19. Get to safety — to the police, fire department, UN office, public area
When being followed:
Get to safety — to the police, fire department, UN office, public area
Tell someone you need help!

20. Stay where security is good Ask for a room near the elevator
Hotel accommodation
Stay where security is good
Ask for a room near the elevator
Keep door locked & close curtains
Get & use a rubber doorstop
Locate emergency escape routes

21. Get written authorization Update yourself on security situation
Pre-departure prep
Get written authorization
Update yourself on security situation
Tell office your travel plans
Prepare your personal checklist
Calculate distances, sectors
Check communications equipment

22. Never travel alone — use the buddy system Go in convoy, if possible
More prep
Never travel alone — use the buddy system
Go in convoy, if possible
Check your vehicle; don’t assume driver did
Know local emergency action procedures
Make periodic contact with office
Take a guide or escort if in doubt
Take no hitch-hikers!

23. Threats on the road
Accidents
Breakdowns
Checkpoints
Hijacking

24. In an accident or breakdown:
Stay calm, don’t panic
Avoid further damage by getting off road
Apply first aid, if required
Call for help
Obtain police assistance, file a report
Wait for UN help, move to safe location

25. Reduce speed, lower headlights, turn on interior light
At checkpoints:
Reduce speed, lower headlights, turn on interior light
Stop if directed
Window down no more than 1 inch
Be friendly, courteous
Show your ID if asked — do not surrender it
Stay in vehicle unless ordered out
Observe any search of vehicle
Protest removal of personal items

26. Survive — escape, if possible Report incident as soon as possible
If taken hostage:
Survive — escape, if possible
Report incident as soon as possible
Remember “Hostage Incident” card

27. United Nations security structure Common sense principles
Review
United Nations security structure
Common sense principles
How to enhance personal security
Strategies for field travel