News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Strategy and problem-solving skills were on full display when the second annual Bi-communal Chess Tournament took place at Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN buffer zone. Held during the months of May and June, the tournament brought together about 30 participants from across Cyprus and across age-groups…

3rd July 2017 marked a special day for 7 Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps Op TOSCA Group, as they received their well-earned United Nations medals in the service of peace, presented by the Force Commander. 7 Regiment Group is supported by elements from a number of different British Military…

Béni – 7 July 2017: After Erengeti, Mavivi and Mayangose districts in the city of Béni, two more districts in Béni are now lit with solar energy as part of the MONUSCO-funded project for the reduction of community violence which will contribute to civilians’ protection and facilitate the ex…

Monrovia – On 10 July 2017 at a presentation of the Revised National Law Reform Policy to members of the House of Representatives at Capitol Hill, Monrovia, UNMIL Senior Judicial Affairs Officer, Ms. Boma Jack in remarks made on behalf of Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG…

The security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to be a major source of concern, with violence in the Kasai provinces, in the western part of the vast country, reaching “disturbing” levels, the United Nations Security Council was told today. Presenting the latest…

More than 5,000 people attended the annual festival in Cyprus' only bi-communal village, Pyla , on 30 June and 1 July, enjoying a smorgasbord of food, drink, entertainment and shopping. Supported by UNFICYP since its inception in 2015 and by the two local Mukhtars (leaders), Mr. Simon Mitides, the…

Photo by Mohammed Idriss Mohammed, UNAMID. ZALINGEI - Evaluating the humanitarian situation was a key focus of a recent inter-Agency Humanitarian Assessment mission to Rockero, North Jebel Marra locality, Central Darfur. The five-day mission – which also considered community needs and concerns --…

The town of Pagak is a stronghold for opposition forces in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan. However, its grip on the area is under threat as government troops steadily advance towards the town, with forces approaching Maiwut, 25 kilometres north-west of Pagak. The outbreak of heavy fighting…

Mongolian Battalion at work in Unity Area Mongolian peacekeepers responded with force to an attempt by uniformed soldiers to abduct three internally displaced people working on their farms near a UN base in Bentiu, South Sudan. Deputy Commander of Sector North Forward at Bentiu, Colonel Gaurav Bagga…

The United Nations is today attempting to access an orphanage caught between South Sudanese government and opposition forces who have taken up battle positions near the town of Torit in Eastern Equatoria. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has repeatedly been denied access to the…

UNMISS SRSG: Briefs on battle position around orphanage in Torit Remarks to the media by David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, 12 July 2017, Juba, South Sudan CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY I would like to focus on three key issues, President Kiir’s Independence Day speech and the…

Thousands of South Sudanese civilians are fleeing to neighbouring Ethiopia as Government troops advance on a rebel stronghold in the Upper Nile region, a senior United Nations official today said, expressing grave concern about what is already the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis. Reports from…