ويقوم الوكيل أيضا بصياغة المبادئ التوجيهية لتلك العمليات وسياساتها استنادا إلى الولايات الصادرة عن مجلس الأمن.
He also advises the Council on all matters related to peacekeeping activities and policy and maintains high-level contact with parties to conflict and Member States, particularly the Security Council and troop contributors, in the implementation of the mandates of the Council.