3,000 young Darfuris join hands with UNAMID on International Youth Day
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. UNAMID’s Community Outreach Unit (COU) organized a day-long commemoration of International Youth Day on 12 August 2017, under the global theme, ‘Youth Building Peace.’ More than 3,000 young…
Fallen Austrian peacekeepers honoured in Koshi memorial
KOSHI, 15 August 2017 - On 14 August 1974, three Austrian peacekeepers serving with UNFICYP, 1/Lt. Johann Izay, MSgt. Paul Decombe and Cpl. August Isaak, lost their lives in an air attack in the vicinity of the small village…
Principales tendances des violations des droits de l'homme en juillet 2017
Durant le mois de juillet 2017, le BCNUDH a documenté 398 violations des droits de l’homme sur tout le territoire de la RDC, ce qui représente une baisse de 19% par rapport au mois de juin 2017, au cours duquel 490 violations…
'Dramatic' rise in Central African Republic violence happening out of media eyes, warns UNICEF
The Central African Republic (CAR) has spiralled into violence and remains one of the worst countries in the world to be a child and “right now there are few eyes looking at them and few hands trying to help,” the United…
Security Council told African-led force on terrorism in the Sahel operational but challenged
The joint task force by the so-called Group of Five (G5) – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – to tackle the threat of terrorism in Africa's Sahel region is now operational, but a number of challenges remain…
UN, Security Council condemn deadly attacks on peacekeeping mission in Mali
The United Nations and the Security Council today condemned the attacks against camps of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, which resulted in the deaths of one UN peacekeeper, a Malian soldier and a member of the Malian…
SRSG Tanin at Security Council Session on Kosovo: “Pursuing Fair, Difficult Compromises Demands Strong Leadership”
SRSG Tanin Calls for Seriousness and Responsibility during Security Council Session on Kosovo: “Pursuing Fair, Difficult Compromises Demands Strong Leadership” 16 August, 2017 – New York: The Special Representative of the UN…
SRSG Tanin Calls for Seriousness and Responsibility during Security Council Session on Kosovo: “Pursuing Fair, Difficult Compromises Demands Strong Leadership”
SRSG Tanin Calls for Seriousness and Responsibility during Security Council Session on Kosovo: “Pursuing Fair, Difficult Compromises Demands Strong Leadership” 16 August, 2017 – New York: The Special Representative of the UN…
AULOL, ECOWAS AND UNMIL JOINT STATEMENT: CONCERN WITH THE FALLOUT BETWEEN THE LEGISLATURE AND THE SUPREME COURT OVER PROPOSED IMPEACHEMENT PROCEEDINGS
UNMIL/PR/1608-17 Wednesday, 16 August 2017 MONROVIA – The African Union Liaison Office in Liberia (AULOL), the Office of the Special Representative of the President of the ECOWAS Commission in Liberia and the United Nations…
Post-election Kosovo entering period of uncertainty that will demand strong leadership – UN envoy
Following the parliamentary elections of 11 June, which took place without “major irregularities or incidents,” Kosovo has entered a “period of uncertainty” marked by reconfiguring the political landscape and a “functional…
Transforming Yambio from a “CULTURE OF WAR TO A CULTURE OF PEACE”
TRANSFORMING YAMBIO FROM A “CULTURE OF WAR TO A CULTURE OF PEACE” Fresh moves are underway to revive the stalled integration of thousands of former rebel fighters into South Sudan’s regular military forces in a bid to…
SRSG Tanin Condemns Attack against the Director and Journalist of Insajderi, Parim Olluri
SRSG Zahir Tanin, Head of UNMIK: “I strongly condemn the attack against Parim Olluri, the director and journalist of the online news outlet Insajderi. I wish Mr Olluri a speedy recovery. It is essential that journalists have…