1. This Policy sets out why and how United Nations peacekeeping operations acquire, collate, analyze,disseminate, use, protect and manage peacekeeping-intelligence in support of United Nationspeacekeeping operations in the field. It establishes a framework that articulates a consistent andprincipled approach to peacekeeping-intelligence; ensures the most effective utilization of availableresources; establishes a robust regime of oversight, accountability and continuous improvement;and enacts mechanisms to enable an effective, integrated and secure whole-of-mission approach.2. As the mandates and operating environments of United Nations peacekeeping missions haveevolved , so too have the capabilities, processes and procedures required to gather and analyzeinformation. In high-tempo. complex and dangerous environments, where asymmetric andtransnational threats pose serious dangers to peacekeepers and civilians, and negatively impactmandate implementation, there is a need for peacekeeping missions to better understand theiroperating environments and contexts, maintain a strategic overview of developments, and predictspecific threats and opportunities to enable peacekeepers to effectively execute their mandates.3. These evolving requirements have led the Security Council , Member States, and the Secretariat togive increasing consideration to peacekeeping-intelligence as a critical enabler to permit missions tooperate safely and effectively. In resolution 1894 of 2009, the Security Council called on theSecretariat to give "priority in decisions about the use of available capacity and resources, includinginformation and intelligence resources, in the implementation of mandates" for the protection ofcivi lians. The Council has since highlighted the need for intelligence capacities for MINUSMA in lightof its complex security environment, notably in resolution 2295 of 2016.