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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…
"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…
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…
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…
Photo by Adam Abdelwahab, UNAMID. On 29 May 2018, UNAMID’s Governance and Community Stabilization Section in collaboration with Bahr el Arab Locality, East Darfur, conducted a one-day community sensitization workshop at Abu…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns an armed attack that directly targeted its peacekeepers in the country’s Unity region, on the morning of 4 June 2018. A convoy consisting of peacekeepers…
Commemorating the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at the Organization’s headquarters, in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the service and sacrifice made by UN “blue helmets” for…
On Monday, 4 December 2017, during a meeting between the Head of MONUSCO-‐South Kivu/Maniema Office and the Mission staff in Bukavu, one staff member spoke about his work and private responsibilities. After listening to him…
Hundreds of community members of Iloli and Loguruny gathered under a tree in Ileu to witness a symbolic act of reconciliation between the landlords of their communities. The landlords of Iloli, Loguruny, and Ileu sat in the…
Global examples of how to build trust, including from the Middle East and South America, were discussed in context of furthering Kosovo’s own pathway to the future during the United Nations Kosovo Trust-Building Forum. The…
Mitrovica high school students became the United Nations for a day, during the first ever Mitrovica Model United Nations. The event, held on May 12, brought together 22 Kosovo-Albanian and Kosovo-Serb students from the four…