Peacekeeping News

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), which resulted in the deaths of a…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attacks by allegedCoalition des Patriotes pour le Changement(CPC) combatants on a convoy of theUnited Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central…

Bamako, 15 January 2021 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of MINUSMA, Mr. Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, has learned with dismay of the Improvised Explosive Device attack (IED/mine) perpetrated…

Today, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) held a ceremony in Naqoura, south Lebanon, to mark the transfer of authority of its Maritime Task Force (MTF) from Brazil to Germany. Rear Admiral Sergio Renato…

Today, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a Lebanese shepherd to UNIFIL at the Ras Naqoura crossing. The shepherd had been apprehended on Tuesday, January 12 in the Bastara area near the Blue Line in south Lebanon…

The Security and Gender Group urges Central Election Commission to adhere to requirements set out under the Law on Gender Equality 15 January 2021 As Kosovo prepares for early general elections in February 2021, the Security…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Bintou Keita of Guinea as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic…

In times of COVID-19, the challenges facing peacekeeping missions around the world have multiplied, the health crisis has highlighted the key role of our medical teams in ensuring peacekeepers remain safe and healthy while…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)…

One day after a rebel attack at PK12 on the outskirts of Bangui, the MINUSCA Force Commander General Daniel Sidiki Traoré paid a visit to several local neighbourhoods on 14 January 2021. A peacekeeper from Rwanda was killed…