Background information – DFS -
UNSOA
The United Nations Department of
Fiel...
Background information – DFS -
UNSOA
The United Nations Department of
Field Support, Information and Communications Technology Division (UN DFS-ICTD)
is responsible for the delivery of applications that satisfy the requirements
of the Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support (DPKO/DFS)
missions as well as Special Political Missions (SPMs).
DFS has implemented a range of
systems to address the principal requirements of peacekeeping operations and to
support and enhance the processes DFS undertakes.
The United
Nations Support Office for AMISOM (UNSOA) is a field support operation led by
the United Nations Department of Field Support (DFS) under UN security Council
Resolution 1863 (2009) mandated to deliver a logistics capacity support package
to AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia), as well as to provide operational
support to other East African missions.
The logistics package consists
of equipment and mission support services, including ICT infrastructure,
systems and software applications in support of United Nations peacekeeping
operations, DFS and DPI in the region. UNSOA is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya
with logistics operations facilitated through Mombasa, Kenya and Mogadishu,
Somalia.
In
addition, as a member of the East African Missions and Region 2, UNSOA is a
beneficiary of centralized ICT services provided by the Regional ICT Services
(RICTS) office of the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE). These services
include ICT Technical & Signals Training, Applications Implementation,
Autonomous ICT Communications, ICT Security & Compliance, and Physical ICT
Security and Surveillance. As per GA A/67/723, there is no separate funding
assessment made for the RSCE. Each mission contributes a portion of its budget
and personnel to enable the services of the RSCE.
UNOPS has been requested to assist
in the implementation of this activity.
DFS has implemented a range of systems to
address the principal requirements of peacekeeping operations and to support
and enhance the process DFS undertakes.
UNOPS has been request to assist in the
implementation of this activity.