News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNIFIL’s western sector command recently organized a multinational training activity to test the command and control capacity of various UNIFIL units operating in south-western Lebanon. During the 8 September training exercise, more than 200 peacekeepers, 45 armoured vehicles and four forward…

KINSHASA, September 7, 2017 - Following the discovery of several fraudulent documents, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) recalls that the United Nations in DRC are under no circumstance involved in the certification process for…

CMO and his MA joined the field tasks of the team from Bhimber field station, Gura Village, Aug. 24, 2017. Major General Per Lodin recently finished a ten-day visit to UN field stations. He is the Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and…

New model of cooperation proposed to enable displaced South Sudanese to return to their homes The children of Wau should be looking forward to a future full of opportunities. Instead, life is a constant struggle for survival, including access to food, clean water, healthcare, schooling, and shelter…

Highlighting complex immediate and long-term challenges in Somalia, the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNSOM) called for practical support, as well as political encouragement to the Somali leadership, both at the Federal and the state levels. “ The worst of the famine…

Wau could provide “model” for return home of South Sudan’s displaced people The return of displaced people to their homes in Wau in north-western South Sudan could provide a“model” for other parts of the country, the Head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan(UNMISS) has said. David Shearer…

Media Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan Mr. David Shearer Opening Remarks: Good morning and thanks for joining me at this briefing. I’d like to focus on two main issues today…the upcoming annual…

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses a press conference ahead of the general debate of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, which begins on 19 September. New York, 13 September 2017 Ladies and gentlemen of the media, thank you very much for your presence. It’s good to meet all…

The situation in Darfur has been largely calm in recent months, but there is continued violence fuelled by a proliferation of weapons and competition over natural resources, a senior United Nations official today told the Security Council. “Most of the insecurity currently experienced in Darfur can…

The security situation north-western South Sudan has improved with displaced people returning home, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the African country has said, holding he situation in Wau as a “model” for other parts of the country where displacement rose so far this year.…

Search for success against all odds Two years ago, five women living at the UN Mission in South Sudan Protection of Civilians site in Malakal in the Upper Nile region collected sacks and whatever tools they could find around the POC site, a place they had called home since 2013 when conflict erupted…

UNMISS Head hails “productive meeting” with South Sudanese President ahead of UN General Assembly in New York A meeting with the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, ahead of the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly has been hailed as “productive” by the UN’s most senior…