Rwandan peacekeepers awarded UN medals for service
Rwandan peacekeepers awarded UN medals for service Looking sharp in their military uniforms, men and women from the Rwanda Aviation Unit 5 (RAU 5) stood proudly as they were awarded UN Medals in recognition of their service. In a jubilant ceremony, the United Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Deputy…
Rebuilding Lives in Malakal
Rebuilding Lives in Malakal On a long winding road in Malakal town, lined mostly with county government offices and ministry headquarters, Eliza Wanykow Chan opens her teashop. It is 6 o’clock in the morning. The town is just coming to life. In the market just a few meters away, women begin to…
Security Council cites terrorism, deteriorating humanitarian conditions as challenges for West Africa
The Security Council today welcomed recent positive political developments in some West African countries, but expressed concern over the threat of terrorism in the region. “The Security Council strongly condemns all terrorist attacks carried out in the region, in particular in Northern and Central…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Central African Republic
The Secretary-General condemns the killing on 23 July by suspected anti-Balaka militias of a peacekeeper of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Bangassou, south east of the country. Three others were injured. The Secretary…
UNIFIL French Battalion donates a new air compressor for the firefighters in Tyre
On 20 July 2017, the French contingent of the Force Commander Reserve (FCR), represented by its Commander, Colonel Nicolas Durand, made a donation to the Regional Center of Lebanese Civil Defense of Tyre. The project, implemented by the CIMIC Unit of the FCR, consists of an air compressor…
Irish Army Chief of Staff visits UNIFIL
On 19 July 2017, The Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett DSM, visited the joint Irish-Finish Battalion (IRISHFINBATT) in south Lebanon.He was briefed on the operations of the battalion and the situation in the AOR. Later on, he visited the Irish monument in the…
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations visits Sudan
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. EL FASHER - The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has concluded a five-day visit to Sudan, during which time he met with Government officials, local authorities, community representatives and UNAMID peacekeepers. High on the…
Principales tendances des violations des droits de l'homme en juin 2017
Entre janvier et juin 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 2.822 violations et atteintes aux droits de l’homme sur l’ensemble du territoire de la RDC, soit une forte augmentation par rapport à la même période l’année précédente (2.343 violations avaient été documentées entre janvier et juin 2016), confirmant…
Beyond Borders: Love and Hope Flourishes In Desperate Times
Beyond Borders: Love and Hope Flourishes In Desperate Times Thirty-nine year old Kuey Koak Deng from South Sudan was studying at a local college in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia when he met 30-year old Alim Sayaai Kedan. It was not long after their first meeting that Kuey asked for Alim’s hand in marriage…
ISF Participate in Police Experience Exchange Course in UNIFIL
The police experience exchange course Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) personnel and a UNIFIL Spanish Guardia Civil work together on a recent police experience exchange course held in UNIFIL. The assembled group of 20 Internal Security Forces (ISF) personnel break into a round of applause as…
UN Security Council expresses concern at the slow implementation of the 31 December 2016 agreement.
Statement by the President of the Security Council on DRC The Security Council expresses concern at the current political situation in light of the challenges facing the implementation of the 31 December agreement, the deterioration of the security situation, in particular in the Kasaï region, as…
DRC: Zeid appoints team of international experts on the Kasais
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. Photo Credit: OHCHR GENEVA (26 July 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday announced the appointment of Bacre Ndiaye (Senegal), Luc Côté (Canada) and Fatimata M’Baye (Mauritania) as international…