유엔 OPSP의 UNIFIL 방문을 통해 본 평화활동 주요정책과 발전방안 = Major Policies and Development for Peace Operation through the UNIFIL Visit by the UN OPSP

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to enhance readers' understanding of the OPSP team inspection conducted by the United Nations for each mission. At the same time, the focus of the OPSP team’s inspection is to confirm the recent major U.N. policies and provide implications for the deployment policy to the Republic of Korea. OPSP is a DPO subordinate department that directly assists USG (Under Secretary General), checks whether UN policies are being implemented well in the field mission, identifies and reports systematic problems, and seeks ways to develop them.
From March 2022 to February 2023, I was deployed as a planning officer at the UNIFIL HQ and had the opportunity to accompany the OPSP team’ visit for about 10 days to inspect UNIFIL for participant observation. Observation results. As a result of the Observation, The OPSP team mainly identified the following. First, it is about the Protection of Civilians (POC) mandate. Second, it is a procedure for Casualty Evacuation (CASEVAC). Third, it is the increase of Female Peacekeepers and the creation of working conditions. Fourth, it is related to command control and work efficiency between the UNIFIL Liaison Group (LB) and the UNTSO Observer Group (OGL). Fifth, it is a matter of denial of freedom of movement during operational activities.
The following implications were derived in consideration of the inspection focus. First, it is necessary to strengthen training on how to act at the tactical level to implement UN policy. There is a large gap between the U.N. policy and the degree of understanding of accepting the policy in TCCs. Second, we need to increase the women's peacekeepers. It has to be broken away from the existing staff-centered organization for them and form a female special forces team or infantry non-commissioned officers teams to dramatically enhance the organization rate while performing active peacekeeping missions such as patrols.