News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

12 July 2017 - Inter-community trust building, employment, returns, infrastructure development and women’s participation were the main aspects discussed at a meeting between UNMIK’s Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Christopher Coleman and the Mayor of Novobërdë/Novo Brdo…

UNIFIL’s Sector East (SECEAST) Headquarters (HQ) and its Commander Brigadier General Venancio Aguado de Diego yesterday organized a luncheon for the local authorities of South Lebanon at its base in Marjayoun. Members of Parliament representing Hasbaya and Marjayoun, Governor of Nabatieh; Qaemaqams…

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) condemns all attacks perpetrated by unknown armed groups in Abyei Area which resulted in deaths and injuries of civilians. UNISFA expresses its deepest condolences and sympathy to the family of the victims and vows to investigate swiftly…

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…

NICOSIA, 10 July 2017 – This Monday, under the setting Cyprus sun, 248 military personnel trooped across the UN flight hangar to receive awards in the service of peace. Officiating at the event were Head of Mission and Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar…

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…

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) geographical team notes the LAF coordinates in the Blue Line marking process near Blida, south-eastern Lebanon. Along the Blue Line near Blida fields, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Blue Line team holds their surveying and mapping instrument steady to take GIS…

Monrovia - Today at the official launch of an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-led Emergency Response Mechanism project in Monrovia, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Liberia Farid Zarif, expressed confidence in the capacity of Liberia to forge ahead…

The United Nations Security Council today expressed concern at the ongoing clashes between armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) and deplored that civilians from some communities, UN peacekeepers and aid workers continue to be targeted. In a Presidential statement read out at a formal…

Amid rising terrorism and violent extremism in West Africa and the United Nations envoy for the region called on the Security Council to further support national and Regional efforts to combat this "serious threat", including strengthening the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. The efforts of the…

Noting the challenges that continue to hamper sustained progress in combating cholera in Haiti, the United Nations General Assembly underscored the need to strengthen national health, sanitation and water systems on the island to promote the well-being of the population as well as contributing to…

Pristina, 13 July 2017 - Tackling language barriers, sexual harassment and a lack of involvement in decision-making are just some of the recommendations that came out of the first “United Nations Youth Assembly in Kosovo: Advancing Youth, Peace and Security Together”. The event, which took place on…