Description

The operating environment faced by United Nations peacekeepers isincreasingly demanding and volatile. Peacekeepers are exposed torisks such as being targets of malicious acts; and encounterinjury, illness and loss of life in their duties. Additionally,since the end of 2019 the entire world, and thus the United Nationspeacekeeping missions are threatened by the COVID 19 pandemic. TheUnited Nations is committed to working with Member States inproviding a consistent level of high-quality pre-deploymenttraining to all mission personnel. The COVID-19 pre-deploymenttraining will allow all peacekeeping personnel to be aware of themeasures they need to take to protect themselves and preventfurther spread of the disease. This course is based on the factsand best practices, guided by the World Health Organization, toprevent COVID 19.