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UNIFIL strives to ‘beat plastic pollution’
A garbage facility near Tyre where a UNIFIL contractor sorts and separates UNIFIL waste. From solar farms and sewage treatment plants in its headquarters in Naqoura to the building of a greenhouse out of recycled plastic…
UNFICYP commemorates World Environment Day
5 June is annually celebrated as World Environment Day; the UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) held a Town Hall meeting to mark the occasion at its headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, while the Mission’s military and police…
Managing our environmental impact on the field : Gao
"MINUSMA is implementing the four R’s of the waste policy of DPKO/DFS: reduce, reuse, recover and recycle." The objective of the environmental policy for UN peacekeeping missions is reduce their impact on environment. The…
Peacekeepers’ Day in Bor: “The United Nations has made the world a better place”
“The war that started in 2013 left my house in ruins, my father has been killed and my education was interrupted, but now I am back at school after the United Nations and the international community tried to restore peace in…
HOM/COS MG Kristin Lund’s speech on peace Keepers day 29th of March 2018 at Government House, Jerusalem
You’re Excellences, Admirals, Generals, Distinguished guests, Fellow Peacekeepers, Colleges, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for taking time to attend the commemoration of this very significant occasion. To day is dedicated…
South Sudanese Government and UNMISS Inaugurate the Prisons Development Committee at NPSSS Headquarters in Juba
The United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Moustapha Soumaré, and the Deputy Minister of Interior, Hon. Riaw Gatlir Gai, today inaugurated the Prisons Development Committee (PDC) at a…
As displaced people return to Kodok in Upper Nile, need for assistance increases
As displaced people return to Kodok in Upper Nile, need for assistance increases As a tangible indicator of relative calm in the area, a large number of civilians have decided to leave camps in neighbouring Sudan and…
Clean water flows in Tambura with twenty new water points, thanks to UNIMSS
More than 30,000 households in the Tambura area may thirst no more, thanks to numerous clean water points that have been built by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). “I am very happy today. I can’t imagine…
SRSG Tanin, Pristina Basic Court President, meet legal interns helping to reduce backlog of cases
On 6 June, the President of the Basic Court of Pristina, Judge Aferdita Bytyci, welcomed the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, to the court premises to kick off a networking…
Burkina Faso peacekeepers saving lives in Mali
This morning Burkinabe peacekeepers are getting ready for their daily tasks protecting civilians and United Nations personnel, installations and equipment in Timbuktu, north of Mali. Amongst them, Pascaline Ouedraogo, a 26…