CIVPOL Web Site http://www.civpol.org/portal/html en-us UN names its top cop http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1180 United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that Ann-Marie Orler will take over as the new police advisor for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations. UN to start troop withdrawals from Congo in 2010 http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1179 The United Nations could begin withdrawing troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the biggest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world, as early as June, the peacekeeping chief said on Friday. UN aims to limits costs, span of UN peacekeeping http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1178 With more U.N. peacekeepers posted to the world's hotspots than ever before, at a cost of billions of dollars a year, the Security Council agreed Friday to try to avoid creating more costly missions that go on interminably, as some do now. Aid slowly reaching Haitians as desperation grows http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1177 Pushed to the far edge of desperation, earthquake-ravaged Haitians dumped decaying bodies into mass graves and begged for water and food Friday amid fear that time is running out to avoid chaos and to rescue anyone still alive in the wreckage. Aid groups struggle to get food, water to Haitians http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1176 Aid workers hoping to distribute food, water and other supplies to a shattered Port-au-Prince are warning their efforts may need more security Friday as Haitians grow increasingly desperate and impatient for help. Hundreds of U.S. paratroopers arrived overnight to back up the relief effort. Deadliest ever incident for UN http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1175 Thirty-six UN workers have been confirmed dead in Haiti’s devastating earthquake, making it the deadliest single incident ever in the world body’s history. Haiti quake: Survivors struggle while awaiting aid http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1174 Turning pickup trucks into ambulances and doors into stretchers, Haitians struggled frantically Thursday to save those injured in this week's earthquake as desperately needed aid from around the world began arriving. Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine to form brigade for UN, EU and NATO peacekeeping m http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1173 The Poles and Lithuanians are trying to create something not seen since 1795 - a fighting unit that also includes Ukrainians. UN mulls exit strategy for Congo troops: diplomats http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1172 United Nations is quietly preparing an exit strategy for its troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the biggest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the world, diplomats and officials said. British police working in iraq http://www.civpol.org/portal/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1171 Hi I work for BBC Radio Four and we're trying to contact some of the british police who are working out in iraq......