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MINURSO Celebrates the UN Russian Language Day
Russian Language Day With the support of the Staff Welfare Committee, MINURSO celebrated on 6 June 2019, the Russian Language Day. Russian Military Observers serving in the Mission Team Sites got together at MINURSO HQ and…
New commitment to end cattle raids in Greater Unity reached at UNMISS-supported conference
A group of women waits to welcome a high-powered delegation of politicians from South Sudan’s north. Gogrial area’s Governor Victor Atem Atem and his Twic counterpart, Governor Atem Madut Yak are jetting in onboard United…
Summer's last civil society networking meeting takes place in the UN Buffer Zone
On 11 June 2019, the last regular meeting of the NGO Networking Group was held at the Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia. Junior Achievement-Cyprus, a nongovernmental organisation, presented their work at the…
Preserving Phoenician heritage between Lebanese and Italian cities
The Lebanese city of Tyre and the Italian city of Sant'Antioco have something in common: they both sit on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and share the rich Phoenician heritage. With the twinning of the two cities…
In the absence of teachers, UN peacekeepers step in to teach at Aweil Secondary School
Ghanaian peacekeeper Lt. Abdul Rahim Yamusah teaching at Aweil Secondary School. UNMISS photo/Emmanuel Kele United Nations peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan's Aweil area have started giving English and Mathematics lessons…
Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Combating hate speech, DR Congo, antimicrobial resistance, peacekeeping, #ActNow for our planet
This Tuesday, top stories include: the UN’s war on hate speech; a surge in ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance; UN peacekeeping Commanders’ meeting at…
UNAMID conducts integrated security assessment mission to Kutum, North Darfur amid security concerns
Photo by Mwila Mbwengetta, UNAMID. In response to reported security tensions in Kutum area, north Darfur, UNAMID on 13 June dispatched an Integrated Assessment Mission (IAM) to the area. The purpose of the Assessment Mission…
Young students from Beirut visit UNFIL’s Sector East HQ
A group of schoolchildren from Beirut visited UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters in Ibl al-Saqi last week to learn about the work of UN peacekeepers in furthering peace in south Lebanon. During their visit to the UNIFIL base…
South Sudan’s military and civil society in dialogue to stem conflict-related sexual violence
There is a new push to put an end to the spectre of conflict-related sexual violence in South Sudan, with a new form of engagement between civil society and the military. At a dialogue organized by the Human Rights Division…
Ambassadors unite to push for peace in South Sudan
When violence erupted in the villages around Bor, Paul Duop Lam ran for his life, heading straight to the United Nations base in the town in the hope of finding sanctuary. Five years later, the camp has become his home. He…