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MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD - 11 October 2018
The Secretary-General Today, 600 million adolescent girls are preparing to enter a world of work transformed by innovation and automation. They are the largest generation in history and a vast source of ideas and solutions…
Two firsts: First time in South Sudan and flying the first-ever Vietnamese contingent to peacekeeping
Flight Lieutenant Conor O’Neill from the Australian Defense Force At the age of five or six, he knew he wanted to be a pilot. He is now 30, and flies a monstrous craft in those hard-to-go-to places. As his plane touched-down…
UNAMID hands over two sites in Darfur to the Government of Sudan
Photo by Mutaz Munafal, UNAMID. United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2429 (2018) has called for the closing of ten Team Sites across Darfur as part of the Mission’s reconfiguration process. The Mission intends…
UNMISS police officers celebrate International Day of the Girl Child at school in Juba
If school backpacks can transmit as much knowledge to their owners as they seem able to hold to their owners, the 252 girls and boys at Queen’s Nursery and Primary School next to UN House in Juba, some only marginally bigger…
A day in the life of Aben: International Day of the Girl Child in Malakal
When we first walk into the compound, sixteen-year-old Aben Kon Guon is seated next to a basin of soapy water washing a bright yellow shirt. Across from her on a metal bed with nylon strings forming a firm base, her mother…
The Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed --- Opening remarks at General Assembly side event on the Transition from Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding and Development in Darfur New York, 28 September 2018
[As prepared for delivery] I am pleased to join you today in solidarity with the people of Darfur and their aspirations for peace. Today’s Darfur looks very different from the Darfur of ten years ago when the African Union…
Chairs’ Summary of High-Level Event on the Transition from Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding and Development in Darfur United Nations Headquarters, New York 28 September 2018
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, and the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smaїl Chergui, convened a high-level meeting on the “Transition from Peacekeeping to…
Female Rwandan police officers empower vulnerable women and children in UN protection site
Wearing heavy black vests and padding, the female members of the Rwandan Formed Police Unit swelter under the hot Juba sun as they prepare for their entry to the nearby United Nations Protection site. The female officers…
Agreed Outcome of the Tripartite Meeting on UNAMID
Agreed Outcome of the Tripartite Meeting on UNAMID
Bentiu residents pledge to disseminate the revitalised peace agreement
Residents of Bentiu in South Sudan’s Unity Region say they are committed to disseminating the recently-signed peace agreement to help the people on the ground understand the peace process. This pledge was made by a group that…