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MINUSCA peacekeeper receives UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award
“It’s very gratifying for me and the Mission to see that our initiatives are bearing fruit,” said Commander Carla Monteiro de Castro Araujo, a Brazilian Naval Officer working with MINUSCA in the Central African Republic (CAR)…
Women peacekeepers honored for their service to the people of South Sudan
Captain Rabina KC from Nepal serves with UNMISS and is the parade leader for this year's International Day of UN Peacekeepers ceremony in Juba. Captain Rabina KC laughs when asked if it is difficult being a woman in uniform.…
On International Peacekeepers Day, UNIFIL salutes women’s participation in peace building and conflict resolution
UNIFIL today observed the International Day of UN Peacekeepers at its headquarters in Naqoura, paying tribute to the contribution of uniformed and civilian personnel and to honour more than 3,900 peacekeepers who have lost…
Peacekeepers exemplify ‘service, sacrifice and selflessness’, in face of pandemic
To honour the more than 3,900 women and men who have lost their lives under the UN flag since 1948, Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath at the Peacekeepers’ memorial on Friday, International Day of UN…
Foreign Minister Hitti visits UNIFIL and Blue Line
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon, Nassif Hitti, today visited the UNIFIL Headquarters as well the Mission’s area of operations and the Blue Line accompanied by over 30 young Lebanese diplomats, to see…
Global Wake-Up Call
The Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres From COVID-19 to climate disruption, from racial injustice to rising inequalities, we are a world in turmoil. At the same time, we are an international community…
Interfaith and UNMISS launch COVID-19 awareness in Western Equatoria State
UNMISS and partners have launched an awareness campaign on how to prevent COVID-19 in Western Equatoria. To support the state taskforce efforts against COVID-19, the Interfaith Base-Council for Peace Initiative in Western…
UNAMID hands back former ISS Compound to the Agricultural Research Centre in El Fasher, North Darfur
Photo by Deepak Tiwari, UNAMID. El Fasher, 2 July 2020- As part of its drawdown and liquidation process, prior to its planned exit from Darfur at the end of December 2020, UNAMID on 29 June handed over its former Integrated…
UNMISS holds COVID-19 workshop to keep Wau communities safe
Communities in Wau are beginning to realize the threat posed by COVID-19 with cases of the virus now confirmed in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal region. While the reality is hitting home, many are still not following prevention…
Stronger together: Kosovo civil society organisations jointly publish their first annual human rights report with support from UNMIK and OHCHR
As part of an initiative supported by UNMIK’s Human Rights Section and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) titled “Engaging with civil society on human rights monitoring and reporting”, more than…