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Human Rights Day 2019 | Secretary-General's Message
This year, on Human Rights Day, we celebrate the role of young people in bringing human rights to life. Globally, young people are marching, organizing, and speaking out: For the right to a healthy environment…For the equal…
No matter who you are – YOU HAVE RIGHTS!
All people in Kosovo, regardless of ethnicity, gender, colour or creed, have inviolable human rights. This essential message, which UNMIK has been continuously striving to spread, is especially important today, on…
UNIFIL-supported solar system to improve lives in Rumaysh
UNIFIL’s Sector West peacekeepers last week handed over a solar panel system to the Rumaysh Municipality in the south-western Lebanon. With the 360-watt solar system producing 37.5 KW power, local residents will have an…
UNAMID marks Human Rights Day in Zalingei, Central Darfur
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 10 December, UNAMID, in partnership with Ministry of Education and Guidance, Central Darfur, today celebrated the Human Rights Day under the theme: “Youth standing up for human rights”. The…
Lankien residents remain fiercely committed to peace-building despite fresh hurdle of floods
Lankien leaders demonstrate their solidarity for peace Bul D. Gai happened to be paying a quick visit to family in Juba in 2013 when the city suddenly erupted in a firestorm of violence between South Sudanese government and…
Women in Yambio speak out against sexual exploitation and abuse
Guests at a sexual exploitation and abuse awareness event in Akorogbodi, Yambio Women in Yambio are calling for justice against the perpetrators of sexual exploitation and abuse, saying they bear the biggest burden of sexual…
'We want to be a delisted, professional army' – SSPDF
South Sudan People's Defence Forces senior officers attending a two-day workshop on child protection in Jebel Boma “We want to be a delisted, professional army that protects children. Children are our future. So, they really…
SRSG TANIN HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF GENDER-RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE PEACE PROCESSES AT HIGH-LEVEL SEMINAR IN ROME
Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin participated as a panelist at the high-level seminar “Increasing the participation of women in peace processes”, organised by UN Women and the…
Mobile court opens in Yambio to handle serious cases
In chains: A suspect accused of theft appears in a Mobile High Court in Yambio Richard Nimeri has waited patiently for his case to be heard in court. “I came to the court here because my case has delayed for three years now…
Jie and Murle communities undertake to bring anyone involved in buying and selling children to justice
A combined group of Kabirize women at the closing of Jie-Murle conference in Jebel Buma In July 2019, the Jie and Murle communities engaged in a bloody fight in Marua and other villages of South Sudan’s Boma area. The fight…