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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has intensified its confidence building visits in the Twic area following recent hostilities in that left at least 22 people dead, thousands displaced, and several villages…
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a regular Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at a UN…
It is imperative for UN peacekeepers to move freely and without any hindrance so they can carry out their mandate, the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer said on Tuesday in a speech to…
After years of tensions, residents of Anyidi and the community of internally displaced persons staying at the UN protection site in Bor have agreed to put their differences aside and coexist peacefully. This breakthrough in…
The transfer of authority of UNIFIL’s Armenian contingent consisting more than 30 peacekeepers took place at the UN Mission’s Sector West Headquarters in Shama last evening. After about six months, Captain Hayk Grigoryan…
STATEMENT BY THE UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UNITED NATIONS LEGAL COUNSEL, Mr. MIGUEL DE SERPA SOARES, TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL New York, 10 June 2019 Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, I…
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, As reflected in the details of the report before you, the situation in Kosovo, and between Belgrade and Pristina, is again at a fragile moment. Today’s meeting coincides…
26-year-old Mary Abuk has travelled for three hours, barefoot, to reach a medical camp run by Mongolian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in the country’s north. This is her last…
Several fatal incidents and injuries are commonplace in Lebanon as workers carry out electricity maintenance works, trimming of trees along main streets and orchards, and other similar situations due to lack of appropriate…
Teachers in South Sudan’s Aweil area have been identified as key players in building national identity and social cohesion in schools and the larger society. This revelation was made at a one-day workshop, organized by the…
Two intercommunal Women’s Walks have taken place in Cyprus so far this year. The first event was held on 12 January 2019; more than 100 men and women joined a walking tour of north Nicosia followed by a presentation by guest…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 237