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UNMISS gifts four vehicles to help increase safety and security in Juba
Juba, the capital city of South Sudan; home to more than half a million people, is facing rising levels of crime. Working together to protect citizens against such insecurity, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan on…
MESSAGE FOR 100-DAY COUNTDOWN TO THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE 13 June 2018
The International Day of Peace, observed every year on 21 September, embodies our shared aspiration to end conflict in all its forms and to safeguard the human rights of all people. It is a day on which the United Nations…
Fuel-efficient fire helps feeding school children as UN peacekeepers rebuild kitchen in Malakal
School children in Malakal are all smiles. UNMISS peacekeepers from Rwanda have rebuilt their kitchen and installed fuel-efficient stoves to facilitate cooking. “Bring us cooking oil!” The group of girls breaks out into…
Agreement on cattle migration has reduced conflicts between farmers and herders in Bahr El Ghazal region
Cows, though not necessarily the ones pictured here, sometimes eat where they are not supposed to, leading to conflicts between farmers and cattle herders. An agreement implemented between farming and cattle herder…
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