News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

21 Septmeber 2017, Monrovia - On the International Day of Peace, Messengers of Peace Inc.-Liberia with support from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today organised a 4-km “Peace walk” in Monrovia. Over 500 youth pledged their commitment to maintaining peace before and after the…

DCMO joins UNMOs in their activities at Domel Field Station. Between 20 to 23 August 2017, Colonel Oriel Pangcog, Deputy Chief Military Observer (DCMO) of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), went on a four-day visit to two UN field stations in Domel and…

Myanmar must stop “ethnic cleansing” in Rakhine state, and “safe zones” should be created inside that country to protect all civilians, under the supervision of the United Nations, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the General Assembly today. “I have come here just after seeing the…

Bentiu residents urged to promote unity and love on International Day of Peace The community of Bentiu is being urged to embrace and promote peace, unity and love as they gather together to celebrate the International Day of Peace. Many people living in the Unity region of South Sudan are suffering…

New York, 21 September 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, congratulates the government of the Central African Republic for the ratification today of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the…

NEW YORK, 20 September 2017 - UN Peacekeeping held an event earlier today on Gender and Peacekeeping to provide an overview of the progress of the implementation of the women, peace and security mandates in peacekeeping operations and to advocate Member States for their continued support, including…

El Fasher, 22 September 2017- UNAMID is deeply concerned about clashes between government forces and internally displaced persons (IDPs) residing at Kalma camp, South Darfur, which have led to the death of at least three IDPs and injuries to some 26 others. The Mission urges all conflicting parties…

The joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur today urged “the utmost restraint” by all parties after clashes between government forces and internally displaced persons at the Kalma camp led to the death of at least three IDPs and injuries to some 26 others. “I call upon…

During his visit to the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura today, Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) General Joseph Aoun discussed with the UN Mission’s leadership enhanced coordinated activities between LAF and UNIFIL in the area between the Litani River and the Blue Line in south Lebanon…

Meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the margins of the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly New York, 19 September 2017 Chairman’s summary 1. On 19 September 2017, the United Nations convened a meeting on the preparations for the elections in the Democratic Republic of…

Monrovia - On 20 September, United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and United Nations Development Project (UNDP) supported the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) to launch a three-day training session on early warning and information sharing for its new regional officers at the Ministry…

The President of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin Archange Touadéra, reaffirmed today at the United Nations General Assembly his determination and that of his Government to make the peace efforts succeed, but stressed that the country suffers from limited capacity as it continues to cope…