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[Watch the video on webtv.un.org] Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective security and a stain on our common humanity. It is used as a tactic of war, to terrorize people and to destabilize societies. Its…
Photo by Mwila Mbwengetta, UNAMID. In response to reported security tensions in Kutum area, north Darfur, UNAMID on 13 June dispatched an Integrated Assessment Mission (IAM) to the area. The purpose of the Assessment Mission…
A group of schoolchildren from Beirut visited UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters in Ibl al-Saqi last week to learn about the work of UN peacekeepers in furthering peace in south Lebanon. During their visit to the UNIFIL base…
Briefing by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on UN Peacekeeping operations.
This Tuesday, top stories include: the UN’s war on hate speech; a surge in ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance; UN peacekeeping Commanders’ meeting at…
The Lebanese city of Tyre and the Italian city of Sant'Antioco have something in common: they both sit on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and share the rich Phoenician heritage. With the twinning of the two cities…
Ghanaian peacekeeper Lt. Abdul Rahim Yamusah teaching at Aweil Secondary School. UNMISS photo/Emmanuel Kele United Nations peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan's Aweil area have started giving English and Mathematics lessons…
On 11 June 2019, the last regular meeting of the NGO Networking Group was held at the Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia. Junior Achievement-Cyprus, a nongovernmental organisation, presented their work at the…
Russian Language Day With the support of the Staff Welfare Committee, MINURSO celebrated on 6 June 2019, the Russian Language Day. Russian Military Observers serving in the Mission Team Sites got together at MINURSO HQ and…
A group of women waits to welcome a high-powered delegation of politicians from South Sudan’s north. Gogrial area’s Governor Victor Atem Atem and his Twic counterpart, Governor Atem Madut Yak are jetting in onboard United…
It’s a crisp Saturday morning. The sun is out, and so are close to a thousand Juba-based peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Charged and motivated, they have shown-up early, and are ready to…
It may have started like any other day, but this was no ordinary day for a bunch of excited South Sudanese students. Marking the Day of the African Child a couple of days early, they took on the reigns of the UN Radio station…