The Secretary-General is following with concern developments in the Republic of Sudan, including the reported violence and fatalities. He appeals for calm and restraint and calls on the authorities to conduct a thorough…
Last year, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued “a red alert” over a range of dangers confronting the world, which “still persist” as 2019 looms: “These are anxious times for many, and our world is…
High-level military officers representing the two main parties of the peace agreement have held a trust-building meeting in Pajok, Eastern Equatoria. Confidence and trust-building, the bedrock for the implementation of the…
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prepares for presidential, legislative and provincial elections on 30 December, the Secretary-General calls on the authorities of the DRC, political leaders on all sides, the…
The Secretary-General is following with concern developments in the Republic of Sudan, including the reported violence and fatalities. He appeals for calm and restraint and calls on the authorities to conduct a thorough…
Peacekeepers in Torit spent part of their spare Christmas time visiting children staying at two different orphanages. Peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan spent part of their spare Christmas…
Clearing land from landmines and other potentially explosive objects is a painstakingly slow and risky process. UNMAS has just made an area outside Bor safe again. The United Nations Mine Action Service has discovered and…
On 26 and 27 December, in the course of the ongoing investigation into the presence of tunnels along the Blue Line, UNIFIL together with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) surveyed the premises of an old concrete factory in the…
It’s Thursday morning in Konna, and crowds have descended from all over the region to join one of the largest open-air port markets, right in the center of Mali. We are in the region of Mopti. Shoppers navigate through the…
Photo by Yousif Bilal, UNAMID. UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) and Joint Chief Mediator (JCM) Jeremiah Mamabolo, has hailed the recently held Darfur-wide Conference for internally displaced persons (IDP) as an…
SRSG and Head of MINURSO, Colin Stewart. Let me take this occasion, which marks the end of the calendar year and a holiday season celebrated by many (as well as my own first anniversary with MINURSO), to thank everyone…