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"MINUSMA is implementing the four R’s of the waste policy of DPKO/DFS: reduce, reuse, recover and recycle." The objective of the environmental policy for UN peacekeeping missions is reduce their impact on environment. The…
5 June is annually celebrated as World Environment Day; the UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) held a Town Hall meeting to mark the occasion at its headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, while the Mission’s military and police…
A healthy planet is essential for a prosperous and peaceful future.We all have a role to play in protecting our only home, but it can be difficult to know what to do or where to start.That’s why this World Environment Day has…
A garbage facility near Tyre where a UNIFIL contractor sorts and separates UNIFIL waste. From solar farms and sewage treatment plants in its headquarters in Naqoura to the building of a greenhouse out of recycled plastic…
Photo by Adam Abdelwahab, UNAMID. On 29 May 2018, UNAMID’s Governance and Community Stabilization Section in collaboration with Bahr el Arab Locality, East Darfur, conducted a one-day community sensitization workshop at Abu…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns an armed attack that directly targeted its peacekeepers in the country’s Unity region, on the morning of 4 June 2018. A convoy consisting of peacekeepers…
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack on 3 June by armed elements on a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) patrol in the west of the country…
Commemorating the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at the Organization’s headquarters, in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the service and sacrifice made by UN “blue helmets” for…
The Secretary-General --- Remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony United Nations Headquarters New York, 1 June 2018 [As delivered] Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour to be here today…
On Monday, 4 December 2017, during a meeting between the Head of MONUSCO-‐South Kivu/Maniema Office and the Mission staff in Bukavu, one staff member spoke about his work and private responsibilities. After listening to him…
Hundreds of community members of Iloli and Loguruny gathered under a tree in Ileu to witness a symbolic act of reconciliation between the landlords of their communities. The landlords of Iloli, Loguruny, and Ileu sat in the…