The Security Council today adopted Resolution 2591, extending UNIFIL’s mandate for another year. The new resolution reaffirms UNIFIL’s mandate, as set out in Resolution 1701 (2006) and confirmed in subsequent resolutions. In…
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, stresses the importance of clarifying the fate of the…
Bamako, 30 August 2021 – Today, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) released its quarterly note on trends in human rights violations and abuses in Mali. It covers the period…
Bamako, 30 August 2021 – Today, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) released its quarterly note on trends in human rights violations and abuses in Mali. It covers the period…
“A functional police station in Anyidi means that even we, as women, will have our needs and concerns addressed. I am happy, very happy about this,” said Rieng Garang and Deborah Nyieng, standing in the shade while watching…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Alexander Ivanko of the Russian Federation as his new Special Representative for Western…
It's never too early to start learning. Some women at a workshop in Eastern Equatoria State brought their little ones along. Photos: Moses Yakudu/UNMISS For some of the 40 participating chiefs and women, the discussions at…
24 August 2021 The Security and Gender Group (SGG) strongly condemns the killing of the 18-year-old young woman who was left with no signs of life at the hospital of Ferizaj/Uroševac on Sunday, 22 August. The SGG calls upon…
There was joy all around when UNMISS handed over a newly constructed police station in Bentiu. Photos: Rosilene Nkwelle Nzelle Nahvoma/UNMISS Anyone thinking about committing a crime or two anywhere near the Kalibalek area of…
Joy all around as children inspected their newly renovated school in Kodok, Upper Nile State. Photos: Samuel Adwok/UNMISS Kids in Kodok in Upper Nile’s Fashoda County have reason to rejoice: The United Nations Mission in…
652 new police officers – among them 183 women – were welcomed into the ranks of the Internal Security Forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) during a ceremony held at the National Police Academy in Bangui on 25 August…
As part of continued UNIFIL support to host communities and in order to enhance local medical capabilities, the mission’s Finnish peacekeepers recently donated an anesthesia machine to a public hospital in Marjayoun, south…