Peacekeeping news

23 February 2018, Monrovia – UNMIL organized a pre-National Reconciliation Conference meeting in collaboration with the Government of Liberia and implementing partners, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and Naymote. The meeting…

22 February 2018, Monrovia - UNMIL supported the University of Liberia (UL) to convene a two day Conference on Security Sector Reform (SSR) funded through the Quick Impact Project (QIP). The main objective was to promote…

Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the DRC. Photo MONUSCO/John Bompengo Kinshasa, 25 February 2018 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United…

Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. Some 30 rural court judges from various localities in North Darfur participated in a two-day, UNAMID-supported training on court adjudication procedures held on 19-20 February 2018 in El Fasher…

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the 23 February attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, which claimed the lives of many civilians and injured numerous others, according to a statement by his spokesperson.

UNMISS acts on allegations of sexual exploitation against formed police unit The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has recalled a unit of police officers from Wau and confined them to base after a preliminary…

Secretary-General António Guterres has signed a United Nations systemwide agreement to improve the coordination and coherence of the Organization’s activities to help Member States implement the UN’s counter-terrorism…

The United Nations and its partners met in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday to strengthen support for a group of five nations in Africa’s troubled Sahel region which are facing pressing challenges including extreme poverty, food…

Uruguay is one of over 120 countries working with the United Nations to help keep the peace around the globe. Whether military, police or civilian personnel, they share a common purpose: the protection of vulnerable…

A resurgence of communal violence and armed conflict in recent weeks has led to an increase in the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Mali, the United Nations International Organization for Migration…

The Observer Group Lebanon (OGL), which is a part of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), had a change of command from Commandant Peter Ott (Ireland) to Lieutenant Colonel Ram Kaji Thapa (Nepal) during a…

UN volunteers crucial to protecting civilians and building peace in South Sudan In May 2015, Kweku Bassaw was working alongside other civilian staff protecting hundreds of people who had fled from violent clashes and sought…