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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4346891" data-attributes="member: 5412">As far as the UN Troops, It's up to the controlling country to allow them to be armed or not. Most countries consider them to be peace keepers and rescue units, but once again, it's up to the country they are serving in. Introduction1. The primary responsibility for the security and protection of United Nations personnel and other individuals covered by the United Nations Security Management System (UNSMS) rests with the host Government. However, circumstances may arise where it may be mandated or otherwise necessary to supplement existing host Government capacity with, inter alia, armed United Nations peacekeepers, including United Nations guard units provided by Member States or private security services.1 Under certain circumstances, when such options are not available, applicable, appropriate or sufficient, the arming of trained2security professionals may be considered in order to protect UNSMS personnel. In those instances, there are specific principles and procedures established in this policy that must be followed.[URL unfurl="true"]https://policy.un.org/sites/policy.un.org/files/files/documents/2020/Oct/spm_-_chapter_iv_-_section_j_-_arming_of_security_personnel_1.pdf[/URL]</blockquote>