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United Nations Logistics at Work

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AIM
To provide staff officers with an overview of the
United Nations logistic system and its operations in
support of field missions

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Learning outcome
• Describe the concept of Global Field Support,
Strategy, Integrated support Services and Mission
Support Center.(MSC)
• Describe the Role and responsibilities of DOS
(DFS) and the overall Logistics concept – incl.
U4/G4.

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As UN Staff Officer….
Why should I know this?

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Department of Operational
Support. DOS (DFS)

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DOS Role and Responsibilities

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Levels of Responsibility
Security Council

Secretary General
STRATEGIC
UN Secretariat

Head of Mission

Mission Headquarters &

Mission Leadership Team UNCT OPERATIONAL

DMS/CMS
HOMC HOPC
(incl. ISS)

Logistics Units
TACTICAL
Military Units Police Units

Regional Offices
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Global Field Support Strategy

UN Headquarters
• Strategic Issues
• Policy
• Planning
• Strategic coordination
Global Service Centre
• Operational Issues
• Materials incl. reserves
• Training Regional Service Centre
• Operational coordination • Tactical Issues
• Common Services
• Tactical coordination

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UN Global Service Centre (UNGSC)

Brindisi, ITA
• Safe and secure environment
• Natural deep-water harbour
• Airport, road, and rail infrastructure
• Existing base infrastructure – Brindisi
support of the Italian government
• Within the global communications
satellite footprint
• Time-zone similar to most missions
• Proximity to most field missions
(within 5,000 km)
• Well developed commercial
communications infrastructure
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Regional Service Centre (RSCE)

Entebbe, UGA
Main logistics activities

Transportation
MINURSO
TCC Contingents Rotations,
MINUSMA UNAMID
Helicopters and other Contingents,
Movement of Passengers and cargo, UNISFA
Repatriation of Medical evacuees, UNMIL UNOCI MINUSCA UNMISS
UNSOM
Provide accommodation & feeding of
ENTEBBE
TCC contingents in Transit camp
UNSOA
MONUSCO
BNUB

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Mission Support Structure

SRSG (HOM)
Office of SRSG Security Section

Police Force Director of Mission DSRSG DSRSG

Commissioner Commander Support, (DMS) Political Humanitarian

Office of DMS
Finance and budget
GITTS
Mission Support Centre
HR
Welfare

Supply Chain Section

Service Delivery Section
Movement Control
Transport Section
Procurement Section
Aviation Section
Integrated Warehouse
Medical Services
Property Management
Life support Contracts
Acquisition Planning
(fuel/rations)
Engineering and Facilities/
Camp Management

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Integrated Support Services (ISS)

Benefits of integration of support services

Economy Balance
of effort
Unity of Responsiveness
purpose Professionalism
accountability
transparency
Synergy and continuity of
staff
of Effort

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Responsibilities of Mission
Support Centre (MSC)
• Provide Senior Mission Management with all relevant
and timely information and reports on logistics matters
• Plan, coordinate, execute, monitor and report on all
logistics tasks as per the priorities set by the senior
mission management
• Act as the focal point for all logistics requests from all
mission components and other UN and non-UN entities.
• Work closely with the JOC (Joint Operational Centre)

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Organization of MSC
• MSC (Mission Support Centre) are jointly staffed by
military, police and civilian officers
• In addition logistics staff from the advance and/or rear
parties of the military contingents may be deployed to
the MSC to coordinate deployment and repatriation of
the contingents.

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Command and Control (C2)

UN Policy on Authority, Command and Control, 2008, para 74 & 75:

On behalf of DMS, the different offices exercises tasking authority over all

assigned uniformed personnel and enabling units comprising medical, signal,

logistics, construction engineers (except combat / field engineers),

transportation and movement units, including military transport helicopters

within the mission.

The HOMC shall exercise tasking authority over combat support units

comprising combat aviation (attack/armed and observation helicopters), and

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UN MISSION INTEGRATED SUPPORT STRUCTURE

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Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU)
• Built up like any other official contract
– Specific conditions
– Regulating the relationship between the 2 parties (Bilateral)
• Annexes:
• A; Personnel
• B; Major Equipment
• C; Self Sustainment responsibilities
• D; Performance standards, ME (Major Equipment)
• E; Performance standards, SS (Self-Sustainment)
• G; TCC Guidelines

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Letter of Assist (LOA)

• Contractual document for procurement of services
on behalf of UN
• UN provides from the TCC or the TCC will provide
services direct to the mission
• Details on reimbursement
• Items/services not covered by MOU
• A TCC contributes aircraft/vessel
• A TCC deployment/redeployment personnel &
equipment.

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Major Equipment (ME)

• Pieces of equipment (accountable)
• Major items directly related to the unit mission as
mutually determined by UN and TCC/PCC
• Items used to solve your task.

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Self-sustainment (SS)
Self-sustainment is defined as logistics support for
contingents in a peacekeeping mission area whereby the
TCC provides some or all categories of logistics support to
the contingent on a reimbursable basis.

A contingent may be self-sufficient for various categories,

depending on the ability of the UN to provide the necessary
support and the contingent’s own capabilities.

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Self Sustainment is:

• Minor equipment, consumables
and all that is necessary to
maintain the ‘Capability’

• Includes services specifically

requested from TCC by the UN

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Self Sustainment (SS)

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COE (Contingent Owned Equipment) manual

You can find the purpose and

principles of Self COE
Sustainment in the COE
manual

You can find the required Self

Sustainment categories in
the MOU.

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COE Manual
• The Reimbursement “Bible”
• Simplicity, accountability, financial/management
control
• Detailed regulations
• Listing the standards required for ME and SS
• Generic Fair Market Value (GFMV)
• Updated every 3 years.

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UN Owned Equipment (UNOE)

UN definition of property
• Property in UN terminology consists of
supplies equipment , buildings and land
belonging to the UN, whether acquired by
purchase rental or loan donation, trust or
other means.

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UN Responsibility
• Water.
• Rations
• Fuel (POL)
• Waste Management

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UN Medical Support Concept

In Mission Out of Mission
TCC Clinic TCC Hospital TCC or National Regional Hospital
UN Clinic Hospital

Resuscitation and Definitive

Life and limb saving surgery,
First Aid stabilization of treatment and
including post-operative care
vital functions rehabilitation

Basic level Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

ASAP 1 hour 2 hrs 6 hrs days / weeks

CASEVAC MEDEVAC
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Experiences as SO MOVCON
- TCC rotations.
- Resupply (tax ex)
- MOVORD
- Stakeholders.
- Complexity.
- Ownership.

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Questions:

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