Peacekeeping News

The practice of early and forced marriages must come to an end, and women and girls given full emancipation. This was the central message that came out of a round table with Kosovo lawyers and law students, during an UNMIK…

Police, military officers and legal practitioners in Lakes State at a workshop on human rights and rule of law. Photo: James Mawien Manyuol/UNMISS LAKES – For the principle of rule of law to function as it should, those…

Ebiboderi Nkeiruka Opukiri, one of our dedicated UN Volunteers in Western Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan, urges every person to take on the challenge of serving for peace. Photo by Alahayi Nemaya/UNMISS WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL -…

After a life of volunteering back home in the Gambia, Adama Njie took the plunge to become a UNV and Gender Affairs Officer in Rumbek. Photos: Nina Zubovic/Vignjevic LAKES - Born and raised in the Gambia as the second of…

Ruby Awude from Ghana has been a Blue Helmet serving for peace in various UN Peacekeeping missions. She has since shed her military uniform and is now a proud UN Volunteer with UNMISS in South Sudan. LAKES – Ruby Awude, a 43…

By being a UN Volunteer in South Sudan, Samuel Emmanuel Osekeny from Uganda is being true to his teenage pledge to serve for peace. Photos: Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP – A Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer with the…

Sarwah Qader from Iraq is a Gender Affairs Officer serving with UNMISS in Aweil who very much enjoys her varied tasks as a UN Volunteer. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL – Sarwah Qader from Iraq is…

More than 30 young people from across the island joined the UN’s environmental peacebuilding initiative in Cyprus called the “UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme”, now in it’s third year of bringing people…

Diane Umuhoza uses her 12-year experience as a laboratory technician to ensure UNMISS peacekeepers are in peak physical condition to protect civilians and help build a durable peace. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP – Diane…

Arslan Nasserullah from Pakistan is not only an engineer and a project manager; he is also a UN Volunteer, serving for peace. Photos: Zejin Yin/UNMISS WARRAP – Meet Arslan Nasserullah, engineer, project manager and a United…

UNIFIL recently delivered food for 30,000 meals, 40,000 liters of diesel fuel, and 72 kg worth of medical supplies to support the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in South Lebanon. It is certainly unusual for a peacekeeping…

With her customized motorbike, Khana Akur Majak in Rumbek does not allow her disability to define her. Instead, she's a much-admired businesswoman and advocate of the rights of women and the disabled. Photos: Nina Zubovic…