Peacekeeping news

UNFICYP welcomes today’s discussion between the leaders and their decision to ease restrictions at the crossing points. We stand ready to assist the sides and the bi-communal Technical Committee on health on the way forward…

Meet Marilena, a nurse who works in a public hospital in Nicosia and a married mother with a two-year-old child.While most people are sheltering at home during the health crisis, healthcare workers remain on the frontline of…

Meet Şerif, a university lecturer, clinical psychologist and mother to a young son. Şerif spoke to UNFICYP about the blurring boundaries of work and home life during the pandemic. As a new mother, she had initially welcomed…

By Pamela Caracciolo The world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, an invisible enemy that is transcending race, religion, geography and gender. Currently, I am combatting this difficult situation as a UN Peacekeeper with…

Court hearings for more than 118 young people on remand for alleged criminal activity have been completed at the Juvenile Reformatory Centre in Juba. The hearings began on 25 March as part of a national effort to reduce the…

Catherine Amboga-Rimmele, a UN Volunteer working with the Civil Affairs Team at the UNMISS Field Office in Malakal started an innovative project to produce face masks with the help of her colleagues from UNMISS as well as…

UNIFIL Spanish Contingent donated 16 laptops and four boxes of clothes to Social Development Centres (SDCs) of the south-eastern Lebanese villages of El Adeisse, El Khiam, Majdal Silim and Meiss Ej Jebel, yesterday. The…

A patrol of military and civilian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reached communities in Pieri, in northern Jonglei, who were affected by a series of intercommunal clashes at the…

Indian peacekeepers based in Malakal and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have organized a free veterinary and vaccination camp to maintain the health of thousands of vital cattle in the area. They also…

As custodians of the buffer zone UNFICYP is committed to minimizing our carbon footprint and preserving our shared environment. With the onset of a hot dry summer in Cyprus UN peacekeepers from the UK clear patrol tracks of…

Meet Constantia, a private educator living in Deryneia; She highlights the importance of supporting women who are staying at home as care providers. Since the health crisis began Constantia has been with her two children (3…

Women are playing a disproportionately large role worldwide in preventing and responding to the Covid-19 crisis. Globally, women constitute 70% of the health workforce. Didem’s story is a reminder of the essential…