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Children in Kosovo shelters helped to continue online learning as domestic violence rates spike
Ensuring children have access to continued learning from domestic violence shelters has been a key challenge during the COVID-19 lockdown – with UNMIK and UN Women ramping up support in response to the 30 per cent spike in…

UNAMID reports 2 COVID-19 cases on its outbound flight to Nairobi
Khartoum , 28 May 2020 - The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) regrets to announce that two passengers aboard its special flight from the Mission’s logistics hub in El Fasher to Nairobi on 27…
Top UN official in Cyprus salutes UNPOL officers ahead of International Peacekeepers Day
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of UNFICYP, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, on 27 May presided over a Medal Presentation ceremony for United Nations Police in Cyprus. Held at the UN Protected…

International Day of UN Peacekeepers | Secretary-General's Message
Today we honor more than one million men and women who have served as United Nations peacekeepers and the more than 3,900 who have lost their lives in the line of duty. We also express our gratitude to the 95,000 civilian…

From where I stand: “Although the situation is unpredictable, we are still working to maintain peace”
Lieutenant Dr. Arya Khadka is a Nepali peacekeeper serving as a medical officer with the United Nations Mission (MINUSCA) in Bambari, Central African Republic, where prevention efforts are being implemented to deter the COVID…

MINUSCA peacekeeper receives UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award
“It’s very gratifying for me and the Mission to see that our initiatives are bearing fruit,” said Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo, a Brazilian Naval Officer working with MINUSCA in the Central African Republic (CAR)…

‘We are the light of South Sudan,’ say graduates of UN-run vocational school in Bor
The ninth batch of youth who have received training in different fields has graduated from a vocational centre run by Republic of Korean peacekeepers in Bor after completing a 20-week hands-on curriculum. 52 students, among…

No more darkness: Bor hospital now has solar lamps, thanks to UNMISS Indian peacekeepers
Abraham Lier has seen enough pitch-black nights at Bor Hospital, where he has worked for a while. “Moving around in between wards and sections was risky and emergencies at night was like groping in the dark,” says Abraham…

UNMISS welcomes ratification of international human rights covenants in South Sudan
The ratification by South Sudan’s legislative assembly of two international covenants requiring states to protect and respect the human rights of their people has been welcomed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

Displaced families receive a joyous welcome home after leaving UN protection site
As the sun begins to rise over the sea of white tents dotted throughout the United Nations protection camp, a group of families are already up and about, bustling around as they pack their belongings and prepare for the trip…
