News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The Lebanese Minister of Justice Salim Jreissati inspecting UNIFIL guard of honor. The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lebanon, Salim Jreissati, paid a visit to the UNIFIL Headquarters and the UN Mission’s area of operations (AO) in south Lebanon today. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force…

Monrovia – On 29 June, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) handed over furniture and office equipment to the National Police Policy Management Board (PMB) at the Liberia National Police (LNP) headquarters in Monrovia. The donation, office desks, chairs, filling cabinets, computers, a…

Geneva - 30 June, 2017: On 29 and 30 June 2017, members of the Working Group on Persons Unaccounted for in Relation to the Events in Kosovo, representatives of UNMIK, the ICRC, and the UN Working Group on Missing Persons and Enforced Disappearances met in Geneva to identify challenges and a way…

The United Nations refugee agency has voiced concern over a flow of people fleeing renewed violence in some parts of the Central African Republic, a country that has already seen a half million people internally displaced and another half million taking refuge in neighbouring countries. The Office…

Haiti has a window of opportunity to implement reforms necessary to bring the Caribbean country onto a path of stability and development, the United Nations Security Council President said today. Recounting the Council’s recent visit to Haiti, Ambassador Sacha Sergio Llorentty Soliz of Bolivia…

The United Nations Security Council today adopted its first-ever resolution on mine action, noting the serious and lasting threat posed by landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices, while also recognizing the positive contribution of mine action to sustaining peace and…

Recognizing the efforts of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) in promoting peace, stability and development, the UN Security Council today marked the closing of the mission by underscoring the importance of action by the Government to address the remaining challenges in the…

Kinshasa, 1 July 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO Maman Sidikou is closely following recent political developments in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in particular the recent…

Shortage of food aid forces displaced western South Sudanese to survive on wild plants and fruit Thirty-five year old Mary Samson and her seven children are among thousands of civilians who fled to Deim Zubeir, in Western South Sudan, after fighting broke out in nearby Raja in April last year. They…

Ghanaian peacekeepers support cattle keeping communities in Unity Ghanaian peacekeepers are providing hands-on support and training for cattle farmers across the Unity region to help them get through the rainy season and become self-sufficient in the long-term. More than 5000 cattle have been…

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed today called for strengthening the relationship between the African Union (AU) and the United Nations to deliver on promised development for Africa's youth. Addressing her first African Union Summit since taking office, Ms. Mohammed said that the AU's thematic…

In its continuing efforts to support peace and security in the Abyei area, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) recovered and handed-over 62 herd of cattle to the rightful owners on 2 July 2017 in Todach. This was a result of the follow-through operations of stolen animals…