In an increasingly unpredictable environment with diverse and complex security challenges, the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) is designed to enable the safe delivery of UN mandates and programmes within acceptable security risk levels. Establishing...

Petra Finianos began her United Nations security career with a peacekeeping assignment 16 years ago, and she has travelled to various humanitarian frontiers. “When I first joined the UN, I worked with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.  After five...

Broken dreams, destroyed livelihoods, suffering, and tragic events characterize the stories of people who find themselves as refugees in other countries. Fortunately, the kind gestures typically provided to them by host communities, governments, and the United Nations...