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UNMISS PoC sites Update No. 171 UNMISS PoC sites Update No. 171

The Sector West Headquarters of UNIFIL organized a joint training course with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) yesterday in order to identify and mitigate the potential dangers posed by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. The training was run by a group of specialized and…

Jubek Official calls for better collaboration on humanitarian and development issues The Deputy Governor of Jubek is urging humanitarian and development partners to work closely with the Government and local authorities to help South Sudanese communities become self-sufficient. Many communities in…

Strongly condemning an attack against its staff and premises in a northern town of the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations refugee agency has underscored the importance of safety of aid workers for them to be able to help civilian populations in desperate need. At about 5 PM on 1 July…

A UNIFIL Spanish Peacekeeper reviews the installation of solar street lighting in Ibl al-Saqi. The electricity supply in South Lebanon is intermittent, with daily power outages that last a few hours at a time. The time and duration of these outages vary from village to village, and are so routine…

UNMISS hands over the newly renovated police and court facilities in the Upper Nile region to local authorities. Three UN-funded projects to renovate new police and court facilities in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan will benefit local communities by bolstering efforts to maintain law and order…

While a number of steps have been taken to address the scourge of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), the former deputy head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has urged continued vigilance to ensure that the world body’s personnel do no harm while…

Monrovia - On 29 June 2017, UNMIL DSRSG, Waldemar Vrey commended the revised the National Security Strategy of the Republic of Liberia (NSSRL) for advancing the issue of human security. Speaking at a one-day forum on NSSRL, held at the Ministry of National Defense, Mr. Vrey called on national…

Monrovia – Speaking at a national conference convened on the elimination of hate speech, UNMIL DSRSG Waldemar Vrey today said that although freedom of speech is a fundamental right, Liberians should refrain from engaging in or listening to hate speech in order to sustain the ongoing peace and…

Working in close coordination with the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion (INDBATT) conducted a weeklong vaccination drive against “goat plague” in Halta, south-eastern Lebanon, last week. Mayor of Kfar Chouba, Dr. Kassim el-Kadari, inaugurated the vaccination camp amidst a…

Opening of new Level II hospital gives confidence to UNMISS staff It has the sterile smell of an ordinary hospital as well as the same neatly packed surgical masks and gloves, medicines, needles and other supplies needed in a fully equipped treatment centre. The difference is, this is one of the…

UNMISS Indian peacekeepers provide lifesaving care to seriously ill civilian Indian peacekeepers have today provided lifesaving medical assistance to a woman who collapsed near a UN base at Melut in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. An 18-year-old internally displaced woman who lives in the…