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UN Police train Wau prisons officers on human rights issues
Major Fidel Hawa has been working as a senior corrections officer at the South Sudan Jubilant Centre in the Wau area for years, despite her limited knowledge of gender-specific needs and the human rights of prisoners.…
Bangladeshi peacekeepers boost education in Wau neighbourhoods
Agany Malek, a resident in the Awiel Jedid area of Wau and parent of a local primary school pupil, couldn’t hold back his excitement at seeing a pile of new textbooks, teaching materials and extra-curriculum items stacked up…
UNIFIL pays tribute to fallen Spanish peacekeeper
UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) today paid their last tribute to a Spanish peacekeeper who lost his life yesterday morning while serving for peace in south Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major…
UNAMID and FAO sign MoU to combat inter-communal violence in Darfur
Photo by Mohammed Elhadi, UNAMID. On 28 August 2019, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR), Jeremiah Mamabolo and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Country Representative in Sudan, Mr. Babagana Ahmadu, signed a…
African Union airlifts tents in support of cantonment process
With less than three months left until the new deadline for forming a unified transitional government for the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan is amassing all the support it can get to make sure the process goes smoothly…
STATEMENT BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
On the occasion of the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin reiterated the UN’s commitment to supporting efforts to…
Memories of the missing – 20 years of hurt
Fetije Mirena still dreams of her husband, whose remains have never been fully recovered 20 years after he went missing. “Sometimes I dream of him, but he just turns his back and tells me: ‘Stay there, you are fine’.” He only…
Serbian specialists train LAF on first aid techniques in hostile environments
UNIFIL Photo / WO3 Salvatore Rizza UNIFIL’s Serbian instructors specialized in first aid techniques have long been training Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel, with the focus assisting those wounded in military operations…
Concerned over Haiti’s political crisis, Guterres promises ‘continuous commitment’
In the light of on-going instability across Haiti and this week’s transition away from fully-fledged peacekeeping operations, the UN chief on Thursday promised “the continuous commitment” of the Organization “to support the…
Ongoing insecurity in Darfur, despite ‘remarkable developments’ in Sudan: UN peacekeeping chief
Despite major political developments at a national level, which have led to the establishment of a civilian-led government, the security situation in the Darfur region of Sudan remains unstable, UN peace chief Jean-Pierre…