232 people were rescued by UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Navy from a sinking boat in the evening of 31 December 2022, hours after it left northern Lebanon's coast. On board the ill…
UNIFIL’s Ghanaian peacekeepers recently initiated cholera education classes in schools within their area of responsibility in south Lebanon. Their Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC) team met with students and teachers at…
A two-day conference between settled farming communities in Upper Nile, South Sudan, and herders from Sudan, have led to fruitful discussions and a decision to take collective responsibility to ensure peaceful, conflict-free…
In December, UNFICYP became the first United Nations peacekeeping mission to receive enhanced situational awareness capabilities with the launch of the Unite Aware technical platform and redesign of the Joint Operations…
To the people of the Central African Republic, our dear hosts, As Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Central African Republic and Head of MINUSCA, I am honored to present to you, on…
In greater Tonj, Warrap state, UNMISS, UNDP and partners have come together to launch a community stabilization project funded by the South Sudan Multipartner Trust Fund for Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience…
Every New Year is a moment of rebirth. We sweep out the ashes of the old year and prepare for a brighter day. In 2022, millions of people around the world literally swept out ashes. From Ukraine to Afghanistan to the…
Since its establishment in the DRC in 1999, MONUSCO has always been at the side of the Congolese National Police to help it reform and professionalize, while respecting human rights. How can the "crisis of confidence" between…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh welcomes all measures to deescalate tensions in northern Kosovo, including removing barricades. She acknowledges the painstaking efforts of…
Juba, 28 December 2022: UNMISS, AUMISS, IGAD, the Troika, EU and R-JMEC are gravely concerned about the escalating ongoing violence, loss of life and reports of alleged use of heavy weaponry in the Greater Pibor…
The holiday season is upon us, and displaced people sheltering at the UNMISS temporary base in Tambura believe it is time to be joyous and grateful that they are alive despite celebrating their second Christmas away from home…
On 21 December, at a somber ceremony at Rafik Hariri International Airport , UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro and representatives of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) honoured and bade…