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Hundreds of school children are educated on the dangers of mines in south Lebanon
Wearing full safety gear, a UNIFIL combat engineer shows how dangerous demining is. In a recent Mine Risk Education (MRE) day, hundreds of young school children from the Tyre district participated in a variety of activities…
ASG for Peacekeeping Operations and UNMIK SRSG Meet Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama
On 14 June, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, met Albanian Prime Minister Edi…
ASG Keita and SRSG Tanin Met with Kosovo Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Earlier in the week, on 12 June, ASG Keita and SRSG Tanin met in Pristina with Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Behgjet Isa Pacolli. The Pristina…
UNMAS trains UNFICYP personnel on Improvised Medical Techniques
From 4-15 June 2018, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) conducted four sessions of its Improvised Medical Techniques (IMT) training course for UNFICYP’s military and police personnel. Each session stretches over…
MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 19 June 2018 “The Plight and Rights of Children Born of War” Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective security and a stain on our common humanity. Its effects can echo across generations…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.200
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.200
‘Business is good’: UNMISS presence in Akobo bringing back a sense of hope and peace
Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are helping to restore peace and security in the Jonglei region town of Akobo, in the north-east of South Sudan. “Business is good, we are going to…
UNMISS hands over community police station to Makuac community near Kuajok
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has handed over a community police office to the authorities of Makuac in Aguok North County near Kuajok. “This police station was supposed to be constructed by the…
UNMIK Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
19 June, 2018 - Today, we mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Security Council landmark resolution 1820, which identified conflict-related sexual violence as an impediment to international peace and security. As…
MINUSCA warns against any attempt to hinder FACA movement towards Bangassou
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) warns armed groups, including l’Unite pour la Paix en Centrafrique (UPC) against any attempt to obstruct the…