21 September 2017 – The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) today marked the International Day of Peace at Force HQ in the buffer zone; the International Day of Peace is commemorated annually on 21 September, and is an…
DCMO joins UNMOs in their activities at Domel Field Station. Between 20 to 23 August 2017, Colonel Oriel Pangcog, Deputy Chief Military Observer (DCMO) of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan…
MONUSCO provides English and Computer skills to FARDC MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade Commander General HARI B PILLAI and Colonel BAZIL KANUMA of the Operation Sokola 2, have inaugurated, on the 20 September 2017, the first 8…
In the rural heartland of Peja/Peć, a multi-community project in seven farming villages has found fertile ground to pull together. In a wide green field, the type that has long been the lifeblood of the region, farmer Dardan…
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and…
Indian Peacekeepers provide emergency medical care to critically ill pregnant woman A critically ill pregnant woman suffering from complicated malaria has received life-saving medical care from Indian peacekeepers serving…
Indian battalion units ensure the safe escort of members of civilian Mission units; here, UN Volunteer Jeanne Warnet. (MONUSCO/Force, 2017) Civilian populations in this region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffer…
Lauri Hukkanen (Finland), second from left, posing with colleagues in the Entebbe International Airport in Uganda (Lauri Hukkanen, 2014) Serving as an international UN Volunteer in UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa has been…
As the high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly continued today, Baron Divavesi Waqa, President of Nauru, expressed deep sorrow and condolences to those who have suffered from the recent successive hurricanes…
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Senegal expressed his desire for a peaceful and secure African continent – one that does not serve as a sanctuary for terrorists defeated elsewhere in the world…
Speaking at a ministerial meeting at United Nations Headquarters, Secretary-General António Guterres today voiced concern over the delayed implementation of the peace agreement in Mali. “We meet less than a year before the…
