Efforts to explain the new mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan and build trust and confidence with the community are underway with the first of a series of workshops held in Bentiu. The United Nations…
Chinese Formed Police Unit (FPU) with locals on their last community patrol following peaceful elections. Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 1 Feb 18 Election security preparation was the priority of UN Police (UNPOL) leading…
The protracted 27-month period of the deadly Ebola outbreak in Liberia was a challenging time for the UN Police. The UN Security Council had proclaimed the disease a threat to international peace and stability. Understandably…
Simon Blatchly, UNMIL Police Commissioner Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 17 Jan 18 Simon Blatchly, UNMIL’s Police Commissioner, is a senior police officer from the United Kingdom and served as the Chief of the Mission…
Photo by Mutaz Munafal, UNAMID. On 3 April 2018, senior Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) officers attended a UNAMID-supported training on protection of children in armed conflict and promoting local ownership of child protection…
On Sunday 8 April at 2:00 a.m. the Central African Armed Defense Forces (FACA), Internal Security Forces (ISF), and MINUSCA launched a joint disarmament and arrest operation targeting the bases of criminal groups in the PK5…
Late Friday night the United Nations Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack earlier in the day on a vehicle of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that killed a…
Late Friday night the United Nations Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack earlier in the day on a vehicle of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that killed a…
Late Friday night the United Nations Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack earlier in the day on a vehicle of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that killed a…
Late Friday night the United Nations Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack earlier in the day on a vehicle of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) that killed a…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Major General Gebre Adhana Woldezgu of Ethiopia as his new Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).Major…
David Penklis, DMS and Lisa Buttenheim, ASG Department of Field Support visit the regional office in Zwedru, Grand Gedeh County.Photo: Yang Wang | 23 Oct 16 Peacekeeping missions are required to set up offices in all kinds of…