Peacekeeping News

Police officers in Eastern Equatoria learning about human rights laws and principles. Fifty officers serving with the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) in Eastern Equatoria have enjoyed a training session to improve…

Ox ploughs have been delivered to women's groups in Rumbek North to enable the cultivation of larger areas. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, has begun a campaign to resettle returnees who were displaced…

UN trains Congolese troops in human rights for a better protection of civilians A series of human rights training courses have been organized since last February by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) for…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on 15 March 2020 by anti-Balaka elements against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA)…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by anti-Balaka elements against local officials on 15 March in Grimari, Ouaka Prefecture. United Nations peacekeepers confronted the attackers and one Burundian…

Oath of office in one hand, the other on a Bible or Quran as 35 ministers and ten deputies were sworn into South Sudan's new cabinet on 16 March. The cabinet of South Sudan’s revitalized transitional government of national…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col was joined by Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) representatives and fellow peacekeepers at a somber ceremony in the Rafic Hariri International Airport in…

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 269 - 16 March 2020 UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 269 - 16 March 2020

UNIFIL, its strategic partner the Lebanese Armed Forces and fellow peacekeepers today paid their last respect to Corporal Volodymyr Rybontchouk of the UN Mission’s French Contingent who tragically passed away on Friday in a…

The crucial role of women in peace building was highlighted as International Women's Day was celebrated in Juba. South Sudanese girls and women in Juba celebrated International Women’s Day by highlighting their achievements…

On 13 March 2020, Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met Mr. John Kennedy Mosoti, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Country…

Hope for peace revived after the agreement reached with armed group in Ituri On February 28, following the tough MONUSCO-facilitated negotiations, DRC Government and the former armed group Force known as ‘’Resistance…