UNMISS announces ambitious road rehabilitation plan for South Sudan Engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have begun a major road rehabilitation programme to improve security, enable traders and…
11 December 2017, Tubmanburg -The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) in collaboration with the Government of Liberia and other international partners celebrated the International Human rights day that marked the last…
Reporting on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers is unlike any other subject for journalists. With the goal of helping local media better understand and cover this complex issue of sexual exploitation…
Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. (November 1949). UN Photo 10 December 2017 – The United Nations on Sunday kicked off in Paris, France, a year-long campaign to…
Following the end of the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the Security and Gender Group (SGG) repeats the call for the elimination of violence against women and girls, and for the…
A UNIFIL Ghanaian peacekeeper plays the last post in memory of the fallen Tanzanian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during a memorial held in the UNIFIL headquarters. UNIFIL peacekeepers today paid their…
UN peacekeepers commemorate Human Rights Day with students in Wau Human Rights Day was observed in Wau by bringing attention to various forms of human rights violations and ways to prevent these violations through song, drama…
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday paid tribute to the Tanzanian peacekeepers killed on 7 December in the worst attack on UN 'blue helmets' in recent history. At the ceremony in…
On 6 December 2017, UNAMID’s HIV/AIDS Unit celebrated World AIDS Day at the Mission headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur, under the theme “Your Health, Your Right.” The event, which was attended by UNAMID Police…
This year’s commemoration of Human Rights Day marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of seven decades since the adoption of one of the world’s most profound and far-reaching international agreements. The Universal…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY This year’s commemoration of Human Rights Day marks the beginning of a year-long celebration of seven decades since the adoption of one of the world’s most profound and…