Security Council Press Statement on Attack against United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated on 20 April 2019 against a convoy of MINUSMA between Douentza and Boni (region of Mopti), which resulted in one peacekeeper from Egypt killed and four others injured. The members of the Security Council…
MINUSMA pays tribute to an Egyptian peacekeeper killed in Mali
The UN Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) paid tribute to the Egyptian peacekeeper Sargent Sabry Mohamed Ahmed Hussein who was killed when his convoy was hit by a landmine on April 20, in the region of Mopti. In a solemn ceremony held in the capital Bamako Thursday (25 Apr), United Nations peacekeepers paid…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali
The Secretary-General welcomes the signing of a political agreement between the Government and the opposition parties on 2 May in Bamako, which was followed yesterday by the formation of an inclusive cabinet. The Secretary-General commends the leadership of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta for the…
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Statement on Mali attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General condemns today's attacks against the United Nation's Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali (MINUSMA) in Timbuktu and Tessalit. He is deeply saddened at the death of a Nigerian peacekeeper who succumbed to his wounds following the armed attack by unidentified assailants in…
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Security Council Press Statement on attacks against United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks perpetrated on 18 May 2019 against vehicles of MINUSMA in Timbuktu and Tessalit, which resulted in one peacekeeper from Nigeria killed and several others injured. The members of the Security Council expressed their…
Joint Statement on Attacks Against Civilians in Central Mali by the United Nations Special Advisers on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
New York, 12 June 2019 – The three senior UN Officials [i] condemn the unspeakable attack of 9 June 2019 against the village of Sobanou-Kou in the Mopti region of central Mali in which dozens of civilians have been killed, the vast majority being women and children. They deplore the high number of…
UN Volunteers play a critical role in the implementation of MINUSMA mandate in Northern Mali
« Never leave the desert because the desert purifies the soul. Far from it, you are deaf and blind. "So, speak the Tuareg mothers. » Mano Dayak We are about 160 km away from the Algerian border, and more than 1,800 km away from Bamako, in Tessalit, in the heart of the Adrar of Ifoghas. It is close…
UN peacekeeping assignment: ‘lifetime opportunity’ for female pilot
“Working on a UN peacekeeping mission is a lifetime opportunity because it gives me a chance to interact with people from different countries with different norms and cultures. As a female peacekeeper, I feel proud and grateful that I have the time to work with other female and male peacekeepers…
