Peacekeeping News

Gender mainstreaming is crucial everywhere, 24/7. Bor at sunset is no exception. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has appealed to parliamentarians in the country to emphasise gender perspectives and women’s…

South Sudanese boys who are in conflict with the law will no longer have to share prison space with adult inmates after ground was broken for the construction of a Juvenile Reformatory Centre in the capital, Juba. “Children…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned yesterday’s attack at a police checkpoint near a mosque in the outskirts of Lahore.

Following recent shelling of water treatment workers in eastern Ukraine, a senior United Nations official has called on all parties to the conflict to protect those civilians who maintain critical infrastructure.

The Security Council has urged warring parties in Yemen to allow humanitarian convoys to safely reach all conflict-affected governorates without hindrance, while also asking that all Yemen’s ports remain fully open to…

Calling Lebanon “a fundamental pillar of stability” in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday told a high-level meeting in Rome that it is absolutely essential for the international…

From air transport in the Congo to truce observation in the Golan and assistance in the transition to independence in Namibia, the Netherlands has a long history with United Nations peacekeeping.

UNMISS welcomes renewal of peacekeeping mandate by UN Security Council The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has welcomed the decision by the United Nations Security Council to renew its peacekeeping mandate…

Briefing on UNAMID to the United Nations Security Council by Jeremiah Mamabolo, UNAMID Joint Special Representative.

The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed the mandate of UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for another year and demanded that all parties immediately end the fighting countrywide.

The deputy head of UNMISS, Moustapha Soumaré, and the Minister of Interior, Hon. Michael Chienjiek Geay at the launch of the project to build South Sudan's first Juvenile Reformatory Centre in Juba. Today, the United Nations…

On 14 March, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, visited Kamenica Municipality and met with Mayor Qendron Kastrati. The SRSG and the Mayor exchanged views on a variety of…