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Peacekeeper from Burkina Faso serving in Mali receives 2022 United Nations Woman Police Officer Award
New York, Monday, 29 August 2022 – The United Nations has announced that Chief Warrant Officer Alizeta Kabore Kinda of Burkina Faso will receive the 2022 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award on 31 August 2022…
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The Elsie Initiative Fund launches new call for proposals to continue investing in women’s meaningful participation in peacekeeping
New York, 30 March 2023 – At an event that brought together more than 350 representatives from Member States, UN organizations, academia and civil society, the Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) launched a third call for funding…
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Peace Begins with Me: A Photographic Journey Through 75 Years of United Nations Peacekeeping
New York, 1 May 2023 –United Nations Peacekeeping today launched a special photo exhibition at UN Headquarters in New York to honor the service and sacrifice of uniformed and civilian peacekeepers as it marks its 75th…
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Ghanaian peacekeeper selected as United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year 2022
A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Captain Cecilia Erzuah, 32, who has served in…
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Twenty-Four UN entities urge immediate action to protect women and girls from sexual violence in and around IDP camps in eastern DRC
New York, 13 July 2023 - The 24 UN entities comprising the UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict Network - led by the UN Special Representative Pramila Patten – join the Special Representative’s call to urge immediate…
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UN chief issues clarion call for peace, marking International Day
13 September 2023, New York — As the United Nations prepares for its annual gathering of world leaders next week, peace advocates and activists mark the International Day for Peace, joining Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on attack against MINUSMA in Timbuktu, Mali
The Secretary-General conveys his condolences to the Government of Burkina Faso, and the family and loved ones of the deceased, and wishes a swift recovery to the injured. He pays tribute to the courage of the men and women…
Press Conference by Under-Secretaries-General for Peacekeeping and Field Support
Alain Le Roy, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, said that while the Secretariat’s New Horizons initiative “would never make any headlines”, it was providing a framework for positive and broad-based…
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Press Conference on International Day of Peacekeepers
The outstanding resilience of blue helmets in Haiti provided a powerful symbol for the marking of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers this year, United Nations Secretariat officials said this afternoon.…
Press Conference by Under-Secretary-General for Field Support
With the General Assembly having just wrapped up talks on the Secretary-General’s sweeping proposals for transforming service delivery to United Nations peacekeeping missions, senior field support officials announced today…