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Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Senegal expressed his desire for a peaceful and secure African continent – one that does not serve as a sanctuary for terrorists defeated elsewhere in the world. “Senegal, I reiterate, strongly condemns terrorism, wherever it strikes…

Lauri Hukkanen (Finland), second from left, posing with colleagues in the Entebbe International Airport in Uganda (Lauri Hukkanen, 2014) Serving as an international UN Volunteer in UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa has been an overwhelmingly positive experience for me. I began my assignment with…

21 September 2017 – The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) today marked the International Day of Peace at Force HQ in the buffer zone; the International Day of Peace is commemorated annually on 21 September, and is an opportunity for renewed determination to work for a future free of conflict…

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Indian Peacekeepers provide emergency medical care to critically ill pregnant woman A critically ill pregnant woman suffering from complicated malaria has received life-saving medical care from Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The 23-year-old woman had…

In the rural heartland of Peja/Peć, a multi-community project in seven farming villages has found fertile ground to pull together. In a wide green field, the type that has long been the lifeblood of the region, farmer Dardan Sejdiu ploughs the land to get it ready to plant crops of corn. The…

MONUSCO provides English and Computer skills to FARDC MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade Commander General HARI B PILLAI and Colonel BAZIL KANUMA of the Operation Sokola 2, have inaugurated, on the 20 September 2017, the first 8 Weeks English and Computer program organized by North Kivu brigade for 10 FARDC…

Indian battalion units ensure the safe escort of members of civilian Mission units; here, UN Volunteer Jeanne Warnet. (MONUSCO/Force, 2017) Civilian populations in this region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffer numerous human rights violations, among the most fundamental being the…

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The theme for 2017 is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity…

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly today, Jovenel Moise, President of Haiti, expressed deep commitment to the environmental targets in the global goals on sustainable development and said his island nation is seeking to build its resilience against the natural disasters and extreme…

On 20 September, UNMIL and UNDP supported the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) to launch a three day training on early warning and information sharing at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Representatives from Ministry of Internal Affairs, Liberia National Police, the US-funded project…

The Security Council has strongly condemned the attack this past Sunday in Mamundioma, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), that killed a United Nations peacekeeper from Tanzania and injured another. In a press statement issued today, the 15-member body called on the…