Yei hosts a ‘run for peace’ marathon Over 200 men and women from Yei River State participated in a ‘peace marathon’ organised by UNMISS in conjunction with the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports. The first…
El Fasher, 22 June 2017 – On behalf of the African Union – United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), I would like to extend greetings and best wishes to the people and Government of Sudan on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. Eid…
NICOSIA, 22June 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, attended the 20th anniversary celebration of the Bi-communal Choir for Peace in Cyprus, whose members, from both…
“Nimble and pro-active” peacekeeping response to be replicated in other crisis situations in South Sudan United Nations peacekeepers in South Sudan have been praised by the most senior UN official in the country for a “nimble…
UNMIL Officer-in-Charge Waldemar Vrey addresses a colloquium on a draft law on Whistle-blowers and Witness Protection in Monrovia. Monrovia – UNMIL Officer-in-Charge Waldemar Vrey today called on all stakeholders in Liberia…
Goma, 19th june 2017 – Monusco Transport Section in Goma (Nord-Kivu) has launched a road safety campaign to span from Monday 19 to the 25 of June 2017 particularly for the eastern part of the DRC. The campaign, organized with…
Goma, 11 June, 2017 - The Goma Urban Council, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has signed the Paris Declaration on HIV. The official signing ceremony was presided over by the Deputy Mayor on Friday, 9 June, 2017…
Kitchanga, 17 June 2017 - HIV/AIDS Section of MONUSCO has made great strides in the fight against HIV in Kitchanga, a remote locality situated some 70 Kilometres from the North Kivu Provincial capital of Goma, in the…
Confidence-boosting role played by UN peacekeepers in South Sudan refugee settlements Children splash in makeshift pools of muddy water, the result of a heavy night of rain and thunder in the small town of Bunj in the Upper…
The United Nations Security Council today welcomed the deployment by the so-called Group of Five (G5) – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – of a joint force to tackle the threat of terrorism, as well as the…
Warning that the recent surge of violent attacks in Afghanistan could signal a much worse and more fragile period ahead, the United Nations envoy for the country today called for urgent action to strengthen stability…