(1) It is in the national security interest of the 
United States to support efforts to restore the rule 
of law in post-conflict and failed countries in order 
to prevent such countries from becoming safe havens 
for terrorist organizations and organized crime net-
works that threaten the security of United States in-
terests, citizens, and its allies. 
(2) The responsibility of a civilian police force 
within a United Nations international peace oper-
ation is to help establish and maintain the rule of 
law and provide for the security necessary for post-
conflict reconstruction to take place. 
(3) The restoration of the rule of law, despite 
its importance, remains a significant weakness of 
current United Nations international peace oper-
ations. 
SEC. 3. SUPPORT FOR THE CREATION OF A PROFESSIONAL 
UN CIVILIAN POLICE CORPS (UNCPC). 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The creation of a professional United Na-
tions civilian police corps (UNCPC) would—
(A) greatly reduce the current need for 
combat soldiers to engage in civilian policing ac-
tivities;
(B) allow combat soldiers who are deployed 
to be withdrawn earlier from a post-conflict sit-
uation without compromising security; 
(C) allow the United Nations to more rap-
idly and effectively take responsibility for main-
taining a secure environment that allows aid 
providers to move forward with relief, develop-
ment, and democracy-building tasks; 
(D) permit the United Nations to recruit 
civilian police personnel with the appropriate 
levels of expertise and training in police proce-
dures and United Nations international peace 
operations, as determined by international 
standards to be established by the United Na-
tions member states through negotiations; and 
(E) institute a system of accountability for 
civilian police in United Nations international 
peace operations, augmenting present civil dis-
ciplinary procedures with a standard code of 
conduct and an enforcement mechanism imple-
mented in collaboration with United Nations 
member states. 
(2) The right of the United States to exercise 
its veto within the United Nations Security Council 
ensures that no action taken by the United Nations
would be detrimental to the interests of the United 
States. 
(b) NEGOTIATIONS TO ESTABLISH A UN CIVILIAN 
POLICE CORPS.—The President shall—
(1) direct the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the United Nations to use the voice, 
vote, and influence of the United States to establish 
negotiations with the United Nations and United 
Nations member states to establish a professional 
United Nations civilian police corps (UNCPC); 
(2) direct the Secretary of State to request that 
the United Nations Secretariat prepare a report con-
cerning the establishment of a professional United 
Nations civilian police corps; and 
(3) direct the Secretary of State to work with 
the United Nations Secretariat and other United 
Nations member states to establish standards and 
training programs for international civilian police. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that a professional United Nations civilian police 
corps established in accordance with subsection (b)—
(1) should be composed of the appropriate num-
ber of law enforcement professionals recruited and 
employed by the United Nations who are appro-
priately trained and equipped for civilian policing
functions in United Nations international peace op-
erations and available for rapid deployment to such 
international peace operations as needed; 
(2) should be able to deploy not later than 15 
days after the date on which a deployment is author-
ized pursuant to a United Nations Security Council 
resolution; 
(3) should be managed by the United Nations 
Civilian Police Division, established in October 2000 
and mandated to plan and support the work of 
United Nations civilian police officers in United Na-
tions peacekeeping operations; and 
(4) should be given the appropriate resources to 
do its job properly, including funding, equipment, 
training, logistical support, and staffing, including 
support personnel as well as corrections and judicial 
law enforcement professionals. 
SEC. 4. REPORT ON STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President 
shall transmit to the Committee on International Rela-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that contains 
a detailed description of the progress of negotiations to
establish a professional United Nations civilian police 
corps in accordance with section 3(b). 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) RULE OF LAW.—The term ‘‘rule of law’’ 
means the ability of a country, through institutions 
and other means, to ensure the security and well 
being of its citizens through the enforcement of pub-
lic laws. 
(2) UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL PEACE 
OPERATION.—The term ‘‘United Nations inter-
national peace operation’’ means a field operation 
conducted by the United Nations, or under the au-
thority of the United Nations Security Council, for 
the purpose of implementing a peace agreement, the 
mandate of which may include establishing a secure 
post-conflict environment and restoring the rule of 
law, to enable reconstruction and development ef-
forts to be established and carried out.
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