UNMISS peacekeepers have been making quite a difference for residents in Yei and Lasu, not least by organizing a medical camp where some 500 patients were treated. Residents in Lasu, a village bordering the Democratic…
SG Oath of Office Mr. President of the General Assembly, Senhor Presidente da República Portuguesa, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, This is a solemn moment. I find myself experiencing a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts…
Khassim Diagne in Tchabi: "The hunt down of the ADF will now take a new turn with the arrival of additional FIB forces". Photo MONUSCO/mICHAEL aLI In response to the violence from armed groups in the Tchabi and Boga areas…
Schoolchildren took over, mostly, Radio Miraya on the Day of the African Child. Photos: Moses Pasi/UNMISS Early, and often forced, marriages are alarmingly common in South Sudan. What, then, could be a better way to mark the…
Awareness-raising for National Members of Parliament on the need to fight hate rethoric. Photo MONUSCO/David Fundi During a morning discussions organized in Kinshasa on June 8, 2021 at the Pullman hotel by the United Nations…
Khassim Diagne in Bunia: "Other approaches should be explored to bring communities to lasting reconciliation" . Photo MONUSCO/Jean-Tobie Okala During his second visit to Ituri, Wednesday June 16, 2021, almost four months…
On the 20th anniversary of Slovakia’s contribution to UNFICYP, the mission’s Slovak peacekeepers are more committed than ever to continue patrolling the buffer zone and remain engaged with both communities to promote peace…
The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, the US Ambassador, Judith Garber, and the co-chairs of the Technical Committee on Environment, Michael Loizides and Salih Gücel…
Meeting with the population and local authorities to listen to their security concerns was top of the agenda for the MINUSCA Deputy Force Commander, Major General Paulo Maia Pereira, during a visit to Bria, Haute-Kotto…
Senior police officers in Yambio pondering humanity, human rights and community policing at a workshop organized by UN Police. Photos: Martin Siba/UNMISS Human rights and how to build a good relationship with the citizens…
UN Photo: Warrant Officer Ramesh Karki With Lebanon easing COVID-related restrictions and schools preparing to welcome students again, UNIFIL supported last week nine public schools in the country’s south-eastern villages…
UN Photo: Warrant Officer Ramesh Karki With Lebanon easing COVID-related restrictions and schools preparing to welcome students again, UNIFIL supported last week nine public schools in the country’s south-eastern villages…