News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Nepalese UN police supporting conflict-affected schoolchildren in South Sudan Since the outbreak of conflict in South Sudan, many children have been forced to go to school in UN protection of civilians sites or POCs in six locations across the country. Bor POC, in conflict-ridden Jonglei, state…

Joint Statement by the African Union Liaison Office in Liberia (AULOL), Office of the ECOWAS Commission in Liberia and United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), calling for calm, upholding the rule of law, and expeditious adjudication of the on-going election disputes UNMIL/PR/1011-17Friday, 10…

This week the United Nations migration agency completed the relocation of 698 internally displaced households from an impromptu camp that formed around the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) following attacks in Kaga Bandoro on 12 October 2016. Over 20,000 people settled…

Photo by Mutaz Munafal, UNAMID. NYALA – UNAMID has rehabilitated a police station and four hand-operated water pumps in Beliel locality, South Darfur as part of the Mission’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs). At a handover ceremony last week (9 November) to the Marla Administrative Unit (local council)…

Lieutenant Colonel Vesna Megic with Chief of Mission Support, Nester Odaga-Jalomayo during her farewell ceremony. Lieutenant Colonel Vesna Megic left the United Nations Military Observation Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in September 2017, having served for 13 months as the Mission Medical…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.180

It is extremely critical that “major gaps” in equipment and staff needed to maintain United Nations peacekeeping operations are filled “in the shortest time possible” Atul Khare, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, said ahead of a major gathering of global defence ministers in Canada…

MONUSCO calls for the respect of the freedom to demonstrate in a peaceful and restrained manner Kinshasa, 14 November 2017 – At a time when several political and civil society organizations are calling for demonstrations across the entire Democratic Republic of the Congo, starting on 15 November…

More than 1000 Indian peacekeepers have been awarded the United Nations medal for their dedicated service and sacrifice in the conflict-ridden country of South Sudan. Highly valued by peacekeepers, the UN medal recognises their commitment and service while deployed in peacekeeping, humanitarian, and…

14 November, 2017 – New York: The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, highlighted to Security Council members today that with the end of the Kosovo election cycle, “the time for action now moves ahead of the time for excuses”. In his regular…

Monrovia - On Monday, 13 November 2017, the Female Journalists Association of Liberia (FeJAL), with support from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) launched the nationwide gender sensitive capacity-building training for 70 Liberian journalist. This project is supported financially through…

Monrovia - On 10 November, United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) supported the National Security Council (NSC) Secretariat to convene a roundtable discussion on the state of the county security councils in Liberia at the Ministry of Defense…