Uruguayans provide dental care for children in Goma
Goma, 13 May 2010 - Community services provided by the Don Bosco center in Goma have been strengthened this month by the addition of a dental care station supported by MONUC's Uruguayan battalion stationed in the town. The Don Bosco centre includes a primary school attended by some 1300 children…
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FEATURE – Omar Mustafa Nor: "Telling the story" in Somalia's South West State
Baidoa – Being a journalist in Somalia is not easy. According to Reporters Without Borders, Somali media workers operate in an
On International Day, UN in Somalia commends communities for standing with survivors and victims of sexual violence and urges more support
On International Day, UN in Somalia commends communities for standing with survivors and victims of sexual violence and urges more support.
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali
The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the death of one Chadian peacekeeper following an attack on a military vehicle of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which took place in the vicinity of Aguelhok, Kidal Region, earlier today. Four other…
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Security Council Press Statement on Mali
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MINUSMA's Chief encouraged by talks in Algiers
Algiers, 13 September 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of MINUSMA, Mr. Albert Koenders, is encouraged by the constructive discussions and recommendationsmade by the civil society and community representatives, in Algiers, during the second phase of the negotiations…
Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Sexual and gender-based violence is the most extreme form of the global and systemic inequality experienced by women and girls. It knows no geographic, socio-economic or cultural boundaries. Worldwide, one in three women will suffer physical or sexual violence at some point in her life, from rape…
Ebola Crisis: Head of UNMEER Visits Mali
The Head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Mr. Anthony Banbury, visited Mali on 19 November 2014 to consult with and listen to the government, the UN peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA), UN agencies and other partners and gain a better understanding of the current situation and…
UNMAS Delivers Weapon Cutting Facility in Mali
At a ceremony on 16 October, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) handed over a weapon cutting facility to the Malian Defence Forces at the Kati Army Garrison, located North-East of Bamako. The new facility has already begun operations to destroy 10,000 un-serviceable or obsolete handguns…
Security Council Press Statement on Mali
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the targeted attack against an United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) camp in Kidal, Mali, on 7 October 2014, in which one Senegalese peacekeeper of MINUSMA was killed. The members of the…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali
The Secretary-General is outraged by today’s attack that took place in Mali and that killed one Senegalese peacekeeper and wounded another. In this second attack in five days against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), unidentified assailants…
UNMAS Expertise to the Forefront in Strengthening the UN mission in Mali
“Adequate training and proper equipment saves lives,” explained Paul Heslop, the Chief of Programmes at the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS). No place in peacekeeping is this more true than in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Six armoured plated…