News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNMISS head and Jubek Governor discuss ways to build peace and security Working together to improve security and build peace in the capital of South Sudan was the primary focus of a meeting held between the Head of the United Nations Mission and the acting Governor of Jubek State. David Shearer, who…

Today, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, met with the President of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Dr. Ekaterina Trendafilova. President Trendafilova briefed SRSG Tanin on the preparatory work of the Specialist Chambers, as well as on her visit to…

Four United Nations peacekeepers and a member of the Malian armed forces were killed and 21 others were wounded on Friday in what Secretary-General António Guterres called “outrageous” attacks against the UN mission in the country. Mr. Guterres joined his Special Representative for Mali, Mahamat…

NEW YORK - Every woman and every girl has the right to a life free of violence. Yet this rupture of human rights occurs in a variety of ways in every community, particularly affecting those who are most marginalized and vulnerable. Around the world, more than 1 in 3 women have experienced physical…

South Sudanese women and UN human rights team come together to eliminate gender-based violence Many women in South Sudan carry the burden of raising their families alone. Their husbands are dead, fighting on the frontlines, or they have simply lost each other during the ongoing conflict. These women…

WAU: UNMISS Human Rights Division team of experts Q&A Local authorities in Wau receive UN support to uphold human rights A team of human rights experts from the UN Peacekeeping Mission, UNMISS, has visited Wau to discuss how the mission can support the local authorities in upholding human rights…

To commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and mark the launch of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence, UNMIK staff wear orange and UNMIK building is illuminated in orange. Orange is the official colour of the UN Secretary General UNiTE…

NEW YORK, 22 November 2017 - Achieving gender equality and the full empowerment of women is the answer to ending violence against women, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Wednesday, calling for collective global action on this cause. “Violence against women is fundamentally…

An Egyptian peacekeeper of the United Nations mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, was killed and three others were injured on Sunday morning in an attack by armed elements near Gambo, in Mbomou prefecture in the south of the Central African Republic. During the attack, five assailants…

Monrovia - 105 members of the Ukrainian Contingent were today awarded with the United Nations Peacekeeping Medals in recognition of their contribution to peace and stability in Liberia. In a speech read by the Deputy Special Representative for Peace Consolidation, Yacoub El Hillo, the Special…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attack perpetrated by suspected anti-Balaka against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), on the Bangassou-Kongbo axis, in the country’s southeast. As a result of the…

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council have strongly condemned Sunday's attack allegedly perpetrated by the anti-Balaka group against a convoy of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, in which one peacekeeper from Egypt was killed and three…