Peacekeeping news

[Delivered at the AU PSC meeting] Excellencies,On behalf of my colleagues on the Trilateral Taskforce on Permanent Constitution-Making and Electoral Processes Support to South Sudan (which comprises the AU, IGAD, and UN, with…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Ms. Caroline Ziadeh received today the Ambassador of Albania to Kosovo, Mr. Petrit Malaj. Emphasizing the critical importance of the EU-facilitated…

Over the past days we have seen a concerning shift in the exchanges of fire. This conflict has already claimed too many lives and caused significant damage to houses and public infrastructure. It has jeopardized the…

Excellencies,Thank you, once again, for this opportunity to brief the African Union Peace and Security Council as part of a Trilateral format.I want to associate myself with the remarks delivered by Ambassador Biswaro on our…

[NEAR VERBATIM] Excellencies,Thank you, once again, for this opportunity to brief the African Union Peace and Security Council as part of a Trilateral format.I want to associate myself with the remarks delivered by Ambassador…

As the exchanges of fire affecting south Lebanon run into the fifth month forcing thousands to flee to safety, UNIFIL peacekeepers have been assisting the people remaining in their villages with their most pressing needs…

“It is only through justice that we will build an enduring peace,” says Ibrahim Suru, state Minister of Local Government in South Sudan. A mobile court established with assistance from the peacekeeping mission there has…

In 2023, UNJHRO documented 5,273 human rights violations and abuses throughout the country; an average of 439 violations and abuses per month, representing a 12% decrease from the previous year. This decrease, which confirms…

With moving testimonies of their own experiences as former underage combatants and concrete courses of action, 50 South Sudanese uniformed personnel and allied interlocuters pledge to uphold child rights at an UNMISS workshop…

In Mundri west, teachers, students, parents and members of the South Sudan National Police Service came together at an UNMISS-facilitated workshop on human rights. Photo by Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS WESTERN EQUATORIA: “Even if…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro, accompanied by UNIFIL officials, met with mayors from around the Tyre Caza today to hear their concerns and talk about the needs of their residents…

H.E. Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, President of the Security Council, Distinguished Members of the Council, H.E Ms. Sylvie Valerie Baipo-Temon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Central Africans Abroad of the…