scope:

Purpose: This issuance:

• Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for receipt, analysis, coordination, and approval of DoD military or civilian personnel support to the United Nations (UN).

• Designates the Secretary of the Army as the Executive Agent for DoD Personnel Support to the UN.

• Expands DoD support to the UN to include service in the United Nations Headquarters (UN HQ) and UN missions outside of peacekeeping.

APPLICABILITY.

a. This issuance applies to:

(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD.

(2) Personnel assignment to the UN HQ, to the allocation of personnel to a UN mission in place on the effective date of this issuance, and to such support to the UN HQ or a UN mission in the future.

b. This issuance does not apply to the:

(1) Deployment of units in support of UN missions. When the deployment of units is required, the CJCS will prepare the appropriate orders for approval by the Secretary of Defense.

(2) Temporary tasking of personnel that are not under the operational control of the UN. Such details may include support to UN missions or contingents for in-mission mentoring, training, advising, or assisting activities.

c. This issuance takes precedence over DoD memoranda or other issuances that contain conflicting guidance on assignment of personnel to the UN HQ, to UN missions, or to the Executive Agent for DoD Personnel Support to the UN responsible for such assignments.