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The UN Secretary-General video message for World Refugees Day, 20 June 2018
What would you do if you were forced to leave your home? Today, more than 68 million people around the world are refugees or internally displaced as a result of conflict or persecution. That is equivalent to the population of…
Drafting with a difference: Kapoeta development organizations learn to write proposals too good to refuse
Development organizations around the globe are used to the fierce competition for funding for development initiatives. But how exactly does one make a project proposal stand out among a thousand others? In Kapoeta, in eastern…
At Security Council, UN chief calls for ‘quantum leap’ in funding activities to prevent conflict, address root causes
Peacebuilding and sustaining peace require a more coherent United Nations strategy, as well a ‘quantum leap’ in funding activities that prevent the outbreak, escalation, continuation and recurrence of conflict, Secretary…
Escalation of fighting in South Sudan puts thousands of civilians at risk and compromises peace process
Escalation of fighting in South Sudan puts thousands of civilians at risk and compromises peace process A surge in violent clashes in Unity, Jonglei and Central Equatorias is having a devastating impact on thousands of…
In annual memorial, UN pays tribute to 140 fallen staff members
Were it not for the sacrifices of United Nations peacekeepers, humanitarians and other personnel, the people who needed urgent support in the most difficult and dangerous environments would have experienced greater suffering…
‘Blue helmet’ killed in Central African Republic; UN mission condemns attack
One United Nations peacekeeper was killed and 11 others were wounded early Tuesday morning when the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) was attacked by rebel fighters…
Unrealistic demands on UN peacekeeping costing lives and credibility – Guterres
As the United Nations continues to send peacekeepers to difficult or war-torn environments like Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, those ‘blue helmets’ will need more and better coordinated support among the…
Service and Sacrifice: Mongolia continues to strengthen its contribution to UN peacekeeping
Mongolia first joined United Nations peacekeeping in 2002 with the deployment of two unarmed military observers to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Soon after that, it sent two more officers to the UN…
Senegal: Partnering for peace with the UN in some of the most challenging places
More than 100,000 United Nations peacekeepers are serving in the cause of peace around the world today. They do so at great personal risk and in harsh conditions. In places such as the Central African Republic and South Sudan…
UN peacekeeping chief wraps up three-day visit to Lebanon
The head of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations has wrapped up a visit to Lebanon with a call on leaders from Lebanon as well as Israel to take advantage of the role UN peacekeeping can play in finding political solutions…