GENEVA / BANGUI (4 August 2021) – A UN report published today details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the past year in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed groups carried out a violent bid to…
UNMISS recently handed over a primary healthcare centre in Mboro, Western Bahr El Ghazal, thereby ensuring that residents of this remote area finally have access to basic health facilities. Photo by Dawit K. Tedla/UNMISS. A…
Juba, 4 August 2021: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan welcomes the swearing into office of 504 members of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly and 84 members of the Council of States as a…
The UN peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomed 300 Rwandan peacekeepers on 3 August 2021. Deployment of the additional boots on the ground is aimed at strengthening the Mission’s capacity. The…
This spring, 177 women and 23 men from different communities across Kosovo worked together towards a singular goal: creating thousands of protective cloth masks for distribution throughout Kosovo. Whether from their kitchen…
UNMISS and UNDP have jointly embarked on reviewing Police-Community Relations Committees across Jonglei and Greater Pibor to ensure increased community ownership of law and order. This is part of a nation-wide revision of…
UNMISS recently facilitated a training for 50 South Sudanese uniformed personnel on human rights, international humanitarian law and building trust among civilian populations in Maridi, Western Equatoria. Photo by Martin Siba…
UNMISS together with partners held a three-day peace forum in Western Equatoria to build trust and confidence following a recent spate of armed attacks in and around Tambura. Photo by Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS. “Now more than ever…
Women at both the grassroots and the leadership level in Eastern Equatoria are coming together on a monthly platform facilitated by UNMISS to ensure that they build a support structure for women in the state to be empowered…
Thai engineers serving with UNMISS have conducted two vocational trainings with members of the displaced community in Juba, South Sudan, to train them in sustainable agricultural practices. The project has been handed over to…
On 27 July 2021, UNMISS, together with the Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM) held a workshop in Juba to train all stakeholders on operational guidelines aimed at ensuring greater access for the peacekeeping…
Today, the Minister of Defence of the Slovak Republic, Jaroslav Naď, and the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Ľubomír Svoboda, along with their delegation visited UNFICYP where they met with the Mission’s…