Following the end of the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the Security and Gender Group (SGG) repeats the call for the elimination of violence against women and girls, and for the…
A UNIFIL Ghanaian peacekeeper plays the last post in memory of the fallen Tanzanian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during a memorial held in the UNIFIL headquarters. UNIFIL peacekeepers today paid their…
UN peacekeepers commemorate Human Rights Day with students in Wau Human Rights Day was observed in Wau by bringing attention to various forms of human rights violations and ways to prevent these violations through song, drama…
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday paid tribute to the Tanzanian peacekeepers killed on 7 December in the worst attack on UN 'blue helmets' in recent history. At the ceremony in…
On 6 December 2017, UNAMID’s HIV/AIDS Unit celebrated World AIDS Day at the Mission headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, under the theme “Your Health, Your Right.” The event, which was attended by UNAMID Police…
This year’s commemoration of Human Rights Day marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of seven decades since the adoption of one of the world’s most profound and far-reaching international agreements. The Universal…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY This year’s commemoration of Human Rights Day marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of seven decades since the adoption of one of the world’s most profound and…
At least 14 United Nations 'blue helmets' in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been killed and many more injured, in what the Secretary-General António Guterres described as the “worst attack” on UN peacekeepers…
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack against the Company Operating Base of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) at…
NICOSIA, 6 December 2017 – At the crack of dawn on 6 December 2017, some of UNFICYP’s most athletic troops braved the early morning chill to compete in the winter edition of the Mission’s Military Skills Competition. The…
The United Nations Security Council today adopted a resolution clarifying the ways in which the international community, including the UN mission Mali – known by its French acronym MINUSMA – is expected to provide support to…