International Day of Peace | Secretary-General's message
As we mark this International Day of Peace, people and our planet are in crisis. Conflicts driving record numbers of people from their homes. Deadly fires, raging floods and soaring temperatures. Poverty, inequalities and…
Central African Republic leader slams West for looting Africa’s wealth, sparking today’s migrant crisis
The President of the Central African Republic on Thursday accused Western countries of triggering a migration crisis by pillaging Africa’s natural resources and impoverishing the continent through slavery and colonization.…
Indonesian Peacekeeper serving in the Central African Republic to receive 2023 United Nations WomanPolice Officer of the Year Award
New York – The United Nations has announced that Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti, of Indonesia, will receive the 2023 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award on 16 November 2023. The award will be…
UN’s top Woman Police Officer ‘a young agent of change’
An Indonesian police officer serving at the UN Mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, was on Thursday awarded a top peacekeeping honour. First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti received the prestigious Woman Police…
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Human Rights Day | UN Secretary-General's Message
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” The iconic opening sentence of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is as important today as it was when it was adopted 75 years ago. The Universal…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Central African Republic
The Secretary-General condemns the killing on 15 January of one Cameroonian peacekeeper from the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the wounding of five others…
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Special Representative of the Secretary-General Statement to the UN Security Council
H.E. Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, President of the Security Council, Distinguished Members of the Council, H.E Ms. Sylvie Valerie Baipo-Temon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Central Africans Abroad of the…
World Press Freedom Day | UN Secretary-General's Message
The world is going through an unprecedented environmental emergency which poses an existential threat to this and future generations. People need to know about this – and journalists and media workers have a key role in…
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MINUSCA remembers: 30th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
On 25 April 2024, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) observed for the first time the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the…
Visit of the Acting Military Adviser of UN Department of Peace Operations to Bouar
On May 23, 2024, at the head of a large delegation, Acting Military Advisor Major General Cheryl Pearce visited MINUSCA troops stationed in Bouar. During this visit, Major General Pearce met with the Bangladeshi medical…
World Refugee Day | Secretary-General's message
From Sudan to Ukraine, from the Middle East to Myanmar to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond, conflict, climate chaos and upheaval are forcing record numbers of people from their homes and fueling profound human…
Special Representative of the Secretary-General statement to the UN Security Council
Mr. President of the Security Council, Distinguished Members of the Council, Madame Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic, Mr. President, I would like to…