Peacekeeping news

On 12 June, MINURSO celebrated Russia’s National Day by raising its flag at the Mission headquarters in Laayoune next to the UN flag. On this day, in 1991, the Russian parliament formally the Declaration of Russian State…

These are drums for peace, used as part of the solution to reconcile the previously feuding villages of Omoruo and Lohilai in Eastern Equatoria State. Photos: Okello James/UNMISS EASTERN EQUATORIA – Music lovers will know…

Ten years ago, the United Nations and the Congolese government signed a joint communiqué on combating conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This document, signed on March 30, 2013 and amended…

(Link to the full brief, and infographics, at the bottom of this page). Juba, 16 June 2023 – Violence against civilians persists across South Sudan, according to the latest quarterly Human Rights Brief from the United Nations…

MONUSCO organized Tuesday, June 13, an awareness day for a hundred students from the Bilingual Christian University of Congo (UCBC) in Beni, North Kivu. This awareness-raising is part of a series of activities the Mission is…

United Nations Peacekeeping missions around the world help countries navigate the difficult path from conflict to peace. They have unique strengths, including legitimacy, burden sharing, and an ability to deploy troops and…

Every year countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The event serves to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts…

Samboko, a village located 58 kilometers from the city of Beni in North Kivu, now has public lighting. Before MONUSCO installed solar streetlights there, the population faced darkness which caused cases of insecurity…

"Every cloud has a silver lining". The expression has been used by Jeanine, Alain, and Henry, the three staff working for the city hall in Beni who are pleased with the improvement in their working conditions since the…

Today, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, Colin Stewart, accompanied by UNPOL Senior Police Advisor, Assistant Police Commissioner Satu Koivu, UNFICYP's Chief of Civil Affairs, Faylene Woolley, and…

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Goma Peace Court now has three buildings entirely financed by MONUSCO. The first rehabilitated building houses the public prosecutor's office of the Peace Court of Goma. It has been…

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told correspondents that the decision to send the unit home had been made by the Secretariat in New York, following consultations with the peacekeeping mission in CAR, MINUSCA. ‘Credible…