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UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 271 - 30 March 2020 UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 271 - 30 March 2020

Legitimate and institutional website for fact-based information about the coronavirus and related issues: https://hr.un.org/page/coronavirus-disease-covid-19 WHO updated advice to the public: WHO dedicated WhatsApp messaging…

Secretary-General's Briefing to Member States on the Organization's Response to COVID-19 I want to start by thanking the Presidents of the General Assembly, Security Council and the ECOSOC for their solidarity and for their…

The COVID-19 Coronavirus might have shaken the daily lives world over, but there is no let-up in UNIFIL operational activities in south Lebanon. By adopting full precautionary measures put in place by the Mission from the…

UN Peacekeeping radio stations have in recent decades helped build support for peace process in a dozen countries around the world including Cambodia, Croatia, Namibia and Timor-Leste. Today, these stations are playing…

"This war needs a war-time plan to fight it" We are at war with a virus – and not winning it. It took the world three months to reach 100,000 confirmed cases of infection. The next 100,000 happened in just 12 days. The third…

Nyahok Weka Gatwech having her hands disinfected before boarding the UNMISS flight taking her home to Bentiu after several years at the UNMISS protection of civilians site in Juba. When civil war erupted in Juba in 2013…

GENEVA (26 March 2020) – The Central African Republic (CAR) is struck by the COVID-19 pandemic and is heading towards a certain health disaster if hostilities do not stop immediately, said Yao Agbetse, UN Independent Expert…

Khartoum, 26 March 2020 – The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has issued an appeal for ‘an immediate global’ ceasefire in conflict-affected areas around the world, calling on warring parties to put…

Learning by doing: adequate social distancing at a Malakal awareness-raising session on COVID-19 prevention. Health professionals have raised awareness among the leadership of the almost 28,000 internally displaced people…

In view of the changing global situation relating to coronavirus (COVID-19), the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is taking the necessary steps to prevent its spread and gear up for any eventuality…