UNMIL recognizes Liberia’s new Corrections Plan and Operating Procedures
Liberian Correctional Officer standing in front of Monrovia Central Prison building ©UNMIL Photo: Clement Atitwa Monrovia – On 11 April 2017, Justice Minister and Attorney General Frederick D. Cherue approved the Bureau of…
UNMIL SRSG emphasizes importance of free media
03 May 2017 - Monrovia - On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Liberia, Farid Zarif today emphasized the significance of freedom of…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL--MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY3 May 2017 Journalists go to the most dangerous places to give voice to the voiceless. Media workers suffer character assassination, sexual assault, detention, injuries…
CMP visit to United Nations Headquarters
New York, 11 May 2017 - From 24 April to 5 May, two Cypriot researchers and the 3rd Member of the CMP searched confidential and publicly accessible United Nations archives from the 1963/4 and 1974 periods for information that…
SRSG Spehar joins PeacePlayers International - Cyprus for basketball match at Ledra Palace Hotel
NICOSIA, 6 May 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) in Cyprus & Head of UNFICYP, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, today spent time with PeacePlayers International - Cyprus, enjoying a presentation of the…
May Day bi-communal concert “Rock For Peace–Fight For Your Rights”
On the 1st May the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ms. Elizabeth Spehar joined Trade Union representatives from the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities to celebrate Labour Day at a bi-communal…
UNPOL Medal Presentation
On Friday, 28 April 2017, UNPOL members lined up proudly to receive their UN Peacekeeping Medals from Force Commander Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir. The Cyprus Police Band was on hand to provide an impressive…
CMP signs cooperation agreements with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Argentinian Forensic Anthropology Team
Nicosia, 10 April 2017 - The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus is pleased to announce the signing of two separate Memoranda of Understanding with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Argentinian…
Adapting UN peace operations to changing world a 'shared responsibility,' Guterres tells Security Council
6 April 2017 – United Nations peacekeepers face a raft of challenges – terrorism, hostile host governments, floods of illicit weapons, and sometimes being deployed to places where peace itself is at stake – Secretary-General…
UNAMID Joint Special Representative engages with East Darfur community
Photo by Abdulrasheed Yakubu, UNAMID EL DAEIN - UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Kingsley Mamabolo, met the Governor, tribal leaders, and community representatives during a two-day visit to El Daein, East Darfur this week…
UNAMID supports engineering project in Ardamata, West Darfur
Photo by Matilda Moyo, UNAMID. On 4 May 2017, Oumar Kane, Head of Office, Sector West, UNAMID, inspected work being undertaken by the Mission in support of the state government to prevent soil erosion and damage from flash…
UNAMID DJSR launches community stabilization projects in Shattaya, South Darfur
Photo by Mutaz Munafal, UNAMID. On 7 May 2017, UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative-Protection, Bintou Keita, accompanied by Berhanmeskel Nega, Head of Office, Sector South, Adam El Tayeb, Wali (Governer), South Darfur…