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Press release: Rape, gang-rape, and beheadings among human right violations documented in Leer, South Sudan
Juba, 25 April 2022: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns the widespread sexual violence, killings including beheadings, burning alive of civilians, and attacks on humanitarians in Leer County. These are…
- Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 01
- Gender 01
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) receives funding from the Elsie Initiative Fund to enable an inclusive environment in UN peacekeeping
New York – The Elsie Initiative Fund for Women in Peace Operations (EIF) announced today that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is the first UN field mission to receive funding to create an enabling and…
2021 Seoul UN Peacekeeping Ministerial concludes with 62 countries making new pledges for UN peacekeeping operations
8 December 2021, Seoul — Seventy-five Member States and two international organizations, including 45 represented at the foreign and defence ministerial-level, expressed their collective commitment to UN Peacekeeping by…
- Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 01
- Gender 01
- Supporting Local Police 01
Nepalese peacekeeper serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) receives United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award
New York, Friday, 5 November 2021 – The United Nations Department of Peace Operations announced that Superintendent Sangya Malla of Nepal, currently serving in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the…
G5 + JOINT PRESS RELEASE
Bangui, October 16, 2021 The G5 +, a group of partner states and international institutions of the Central African Republic, welcomes the statement by the President of the Central African Republic calling for an end to…
Press Release - A Peacekeeper dies in Tessalit after an IED explosion
Bamako, 2 October 2021 - A MINUSMA peacekeeper died today after his convoy hit an improvised explosive device in Tessalit, Kidal region, early this afternoon, with four others seriously injured. The Special Representative of…
- Climate, Peace and Security 01
- Action for Peacekeeping and A4P+ 01
- Peacekeeping Ministerials 01
New Partnership for Renewable Energy in Peacekeeping Announced at UN Energy Summit
NEW YORK, 24 September 2021 – Today at a United Nations (UN) energy summit, the UN as well as a group of international organizations and governments announced a compact to help UN peacekeeping missions transition to renewable…
- Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 01
- Gender 01
Photoville exhibition spotlights women peace activists and women’s role in peacemaking In Their Hands: Women Taking Ownership of Peace
New York, 13 September 2021 -The United Nations Department of Peace Operations, in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, UN Women and in partnership with New York City’s…
- Protecting Civilians (POC)
Improving the Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Transitions
The event will highlight evolving practice and emerging research on strengthening POC prior to, during, and after peacekeeping drawdown and withdrawal amidst continued threats of civilian harm. The discussion will draw on the…
- International Day of UN Peacekeepers
- Youth, Peace and Security (YPS)
Secretary-General to Commemorate Fallen Peacekeepers, Honour Kenyan Officer as Gender Advocate, at Headquarters Observance of International Day
New York Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday, 27 May. Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath to honour the more than 4,000 United Nations peacekeepers who…