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Human Rights Day: UN launches campaign for 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration
Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. (November 1949). UN Photo 10 December 2017 – The United Nations on Sunday kicked off in Paris, France, a year-long campaign to…
UN honours 14 peacekeepers killed in eastern DR Congo
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday paid tribute to the Tanzanian peacekeepers killed on 7 December in the worst attack on UN 'blue helmets' in recent history. At the ceremony in…
UNAMID and UNDP join IDPs community to mark International Volunteer Day and World Soil Day
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 5 December 2017, hundreds of students, teachers, community leaders as well as government officials, UNDP representatives and UNAMID staff jointly commemorated the International Volunteer Day…
International Human Rights Day celebrated in Tubmanburg- Bomi County
11 December 2017, Tubmanburg -The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) in collaboration with the Government of Liberia and other international partners celebrated the International Human rights day that marked the last…
Local actors help explain UNMISS mandate to internally displaced South Sudanese people
Local actors help explain UN mandate to internally displaced South Sudanese people A group of actors who have experienced trauma because of ongoing violence in South Sudan are using their dramatic skills to explain the role…
Spike in attacks on ‘blue helmets’ means UN peace operations must adapt, says peacekeeping chief
With United Nations ‘blue helmets’ facing increasingly grave threats, including armed groups with no interest in peace, the UN peacekeeping chief called on Wednesday for greater political engagement and leadership from the…
South Sudan: Ceasefire violations, hostile propaganda undercut regional peace push, Security Council told
While the signing last month of a ceasefire accord among South Sudan’s warring parties is a great stride forward, it is just a first step toward peace and stability, the United Nations peacekeeping chief said Wednesday…
Historic meeting place in Torit to be rescued by UNMISS Quick Impact project
Historic meeting place in Torit to be rescued by UNMISS Quick Impact project With graffiti marking its historic walls and large cracks splitting the cement floor, the pillars of the B’Court facility can hardly hold the weight…
Nepalese peacekeepers donate gardening equipment to vulnerable South Sudanese
Nepalese peacekeepers donate gardening equipment to vulnerable South Sudanese Vulnerable civilians living at the United Nations protection site in the South Sudanese town of Bor have received a gift of gardening equipment…
New UN peacekeeping base offers Yei community a path to peace and prosperity
They clapped. They danced. They sang. They celebrated in their hundreds at the opening of a new permanent United Nations peacekeeping base in the South Sudanese town of Yei. The people of Yei had asked for UN troops to be…