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Environmental impact assessment at UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters in Shamaa, south Lebanon.
Last week, a team of UNIFIL Environmental Management Unit visited UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon in order to assess the environmental impact at the base. The assessment consisted…
UNIFIL Spanish Peacekeepers donate an elevator to a center for children with special needs in South Lebanon
The “Special Need Centre” in the village of Suq Al Khan in South Lebanon benefited from a donation by UNIFIL Spanish Peacekeepers.The $13,200 donation funded a project to install an elevator for the center to enable the safe…
UN Security Council urges South Sudan leaders to seize fresh opportunity for peace
UN Security Council urges South Sudan leaders to seize fresh opportunity for peace Members of the United Nations Security Council have urged South Sudanese leaders to seize the opportunity to revitalise the peace process…
UN camp residents in South Sudan “feel safer” after weapons searches
UN camp residents in South Sudan “feel safer” after weapons searches It is 6.30 in the morning and as the sun rises some 250 UN police officers and support staff prepare to enter a camp for displaced people adjacent to the UN…
CONDUCT IN UN FIELD MISSIONS, a new web platform launched
United Nations personnel deployed in field missions represent the Organization and commit to behaving in a professional and disciplined manner at all times. This includes respecting local laws, customs and practices, treating…
Mali: Guterres strongly condemns deadly attack against UN mission convoy
Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned today's attack against a logistic convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which left three peacekeepers dead…
‘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…