Peacekeeping News

The IGAD Council of Ministers has endorsed a six-month extension for the peace process in South Sudan. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers has endorsed a request to extend the deadline…

Students of St. Joseph School in Ein Ebel, south Lebanon, greet UNIFIL Head of Mission Maj. Gen. Stefano Del Col as he arrives in the school to see their cross-cultural event with a school in Italy. At the heart of UNIFIL’s…

Fighting for justice just got easier for Kosovo communities, with the opening of a new centre that will provide free legal services to those most in need – including women and minority groups. The new legal aid support centre…

Personnel Safety, Recruitment of Women Top Debate, Russian Federation Queries Link between Human Rights, Civilian Protection Issues The Security Council underscored the importance of peacekeeping as one of the most effective…

Photo by Mohammed Idriss, UNAMID. Zalingei: 7 May 2019, UNAMID’s State Liaison Functions (SLFs) Police and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Government of Sudan (GoS) Police, organized in…

Young women and men in Aweil gaining conflict resolution skills at an UNMISS-led workshop. Youth in Aweil are blaming the government and “society” for their high levels of unemployment and for not being allowed to participate…

Women from Dinka and Murle communities in Greater Jonglei meet and sign an agreement to end inter-communal fighting. Murle and Dinka women from Boma and Bor respectively have signed a memorandum of understanding to end the…

The lives of 115 colleagues who lost their lives between the beginning of last year and the end of March, serving the United Nations, were honoured on Monday at the annual Memorial Service for Fallen Staff, in New York. UN…