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The story of UNMIL [Book]: County reconciliation dialogues
The Government of Liberia has identified national reconciliation as a strategic objective for long- term peace consolidation and economic development. However, 14 years after the signing of the 2003 Comprehensive Peace…
The story of UNMIL [Book]: Governance and Economic Management Assistance Programme (GEMAP)
Liberia’s economic problems began before the first outbreak of conflict in 1989. Between 1987 and 1995, Liberia’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 90 per cent, and by the 2005 elections, average income in Liberia was one…
Extending and consolidating the peace process | Francis Kai-Kai, Chief of Peace Consolidation Services
Members of the Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET), carry placards with messages of peace and non-violence during the electoral period. Photo: Emmanuel Tobey | UNMIL | 18 Oct 11 In Liberia, for 14 years, they have been…
‘Give peace a chance; give children a chance,’ senior UN peacekeeping official says visiting South Sudan
All stakeholders in South Sudan must “engage genuinely and constructively in finding a political solution” to the conflict there, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official said at the end of her four-day visit.
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Near verbatim of ASG Bintou Keita’s opening statement at UN Tomping Base in Juba, South Sudan 19 April 2018
United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita and UNMISS Chief David Shearer addressing the media at a press conference in Juba on 19 April 2018. I am concluding a four-day visit in South Sudan during which I had…
South Sudanese students break ethnic boundaries through Peace and Human Rights clubs
Laat Luka and Daniel Deng Joseph in Rumbek belong to different ethnic groups but have become friends forever. Photo: UNMISS/Eric Kanalstein Students at Abukloi Secondary School in Rumbek, in the Western Lakes region of South…
‘Save peace while it lasts,’ says General Assembly President, ahead of UN summit on sustaining peace
The world needs a new approach to peace, which is why the United Nations General Assembly will hold a major meeting next week to discuss ways to foster peace by focusing on conflict prevention, mediation, dialogue and…
INTERVIEW: ‘I want to contribute to the service of humanity,’ says first-time UN peacekeeper from Indonesia
It is Hernawan Rizky Yudhantoro’s first deployment with an international peacekeeping operation. The Indonesian police officer serves with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), a region of…
