MESSAGE ON AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY
Industrialization is a primary driver of economic growth and job creation, and will be pivotal in efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Africa Union’s Agenda 2063. This year’s Africa…
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS ON WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY
New York, 20 November 2017[as delivered] Thank you, Tony. [Lake, UNICEF Executive Director].As Secretary-General, it’s my job to meet with some of the most powerful and important people in the world. Presidents and prime…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.181
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.181
UNIFIL hosts school children from south Lebanon on Universal Children’s Day
Today on Universal Children’s Day UNIFIL was proud to host school children from south Lebanon. Some 100 talented children from nearby communities took over the UNIFIL hall. UNIFIL peacekeepers engaged the young visitors with…
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – find out what it means to us! UNFICYP launches #Respect Campaign
NICOSIA, 20 November 2017 – The importance of respect to our inter-personal relationships, and, by extension, our work, cannot be overestimated. This week, the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) launches its first-ever…
Nearly a third of Darfur’s people still displaced, despite drop in violence, Security Council told
15 November 2017 – The armed groups in Darfur have largely been defeated and the ferocity of intercommunal violence has declined, but anxiety over safety continues to keep many people from returning to their homes, a senior…
UN Secretary-General; Remarks on World Children’s Day
Thank you, Tony. [Lake, UNICEF Executive Director].As Secretary-General, it’s my job to meet with some of the most powerful and important people in the world. Presidents and prime ministers… scientists… military leaders…
UNMISS marks World Children’s Day with an essay writing competition
UNMISS marks World Children’s Day with an essay writing competition I have a message for my parents, teachers and all those involved in education programmes in South Sudan. As a girl, I am very much concerned about girls’…
UNAMID trains community policing volunteers and police officers in West Darfur
Photo by Elsadig Daud, UNAMID. On 14 November 2017, UNAMID, in partnership with the Government of Sudan (GoS) police, trained some 32 Community Policing Volunteers (CPVs) and Sudanese police officers on community policing and…
UN report urges Sudan to address plight of millions of displaced people in Darfur
The United Nations human rights office has called on the Government of Sudan to pursue effective, transparent and durable policies to enable the 2.6 million people who have been internally displaced by the long-running…
Murle leaders sign peace declaration following peace and reconciliation conference
Murle leaders have welcomed a call for reconciliation and signed a declaration resolving to work towards peace and development beyond ethnic and political divisions. The peace declaration was signed at the conclusion of an…
Korean Peacekeepers Boost Security and Economic Growth with Lighting Project in Jonglei
Korean peacekeepers are helping boost security and economic activity in the conflict-affected town of Bor by installing solar-powered LED lights so that residents have the confidence to move around and carry out their…