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UNISFA reflects on the Rwanda genocide
On 9 April 2018, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) uniformed personnel and civilian staff reflected on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda with a walk, messages of reconciliation and…
Bentiu residents committed to working with UNMISS to implement new mandate
Efforts to explain the new mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and build trust and confidence with the community are underway with the first of a series of workshops held in Bentiu. The United Nations…
'The primacy of politics' | Olubukola Akin Arowobusoye, Chief of Political Affairs
Abraham, a resident of Monrovia’s sprawling slum Westpoint, relaxes on Sundays with his treasured book and the sports pages of a local newspaper.Photo: K. Leigh Robinson | 12 Nov 17 The outgoing Chief of the Political Affairs…
Displaced South Sudanese begin to return to villages in Eastern Equatoria
Refugees who fled ongoing violence are beginning to return to the villages of Bungu and Ganji in the Eastern Equatorian region of South Sudan in the hope of rebuilding their homes and planting their crops before the rainy…
Schoolchildren visit UNIFIL HQ
About 70 children from a public school in Houla in south-eastern Lebanon visited UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, during which they were briefed on the work of the peacekeeping mission, last week. During the 5 April visit…
Supporting Liberia’s rebuilding and new President’s priorities | Alan Doss, Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (2005-2007)
Alan Doss attending a ceremony to open a new police station in Paynesville, supported by an UNMIL quick-impact project. Photo: Eric Kanalstein | UNMIL | 11 Aug 06 The second Special Representative of the Secretary-General to…
Earning respect at the Mission’s outset | Jacques Paul Klein, Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (2003-2005)
SRSG Klein with members of the local community during a field visit. Photo: Eric Kanalstein | UNMIL | 28 Jan 05 Jacques Paul Klein arrived in Monrovia in October 2003 as the Mission’s first Special Representative of the…
UN Disarmament Commission debates ways to prevent arms race in outer space
Despite the deteriorating security situation, there are some signs of progress in the field of disarmament, such as the intention of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States to hold summit talks…
Sowing the seeds of change | K. Leigh Robinson, Head of the Public Information Office
Comedian and UNMIL Peace Messenger, George Tamba (right), celebrated throughout Liberia as Boutini, performs in an AIDS awareness campaign. Photo: UNMIL | 22 Jun 11 Just after the Security Council passed resolution 1509 to…
The story of UNMIL [Book]: QIPS: projects for peace
Women bake bread in the mobile oven of a community bakery in Coast Guard, Monrovia. The project was supported by quick-impact project funding. Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 26 Jan 18 UNMIL’s quick-impact projects (QIPs)…