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UN peacekeepers commemorate Human Rights Day with students in Wau Human Rights Day was observed in Wau by bringing attention to various forms of human rights violations and ways to prevent these violations through song, drama and a quiz. Six secondary schools in Wau, a town in the northwestern…

Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. (November 1949). UN Photo 10 December 2017 – The United Nations on Sunday kicked off in Paris, France, a year-long campaign to honor the foundational human rights document, which next year marks its 70th…

The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday paid tribute to the Tanzanian peacekeepers killed on 7 December in the worst attack on UN 'blue helmets' in recent history. At the ceremony in the north-east city of Beni, the Deputy Special Representative of the…

Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 5 December 2017, hundreds of students, teachers, community leaders as well as government officials, UNDP representatives and UNAMID staff jointly commemorated the International Volunteer Day and World Soil Day. The event, collaboratively organized by UNAMID and the…

11 December 2017, Tubmanburg -The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) in collaboration with the Government of Liberia and other international partners celebrated the International Human rights day that marked the last day of the 16 days of activism against sexual gender based violence against…

Following the end of the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the Security and Gender Group (SGG) repeats the call for the elimination of violence against women and girls, and for the guarantee of all rights, for all women everywhere. From 25 November, the…

British Contingent receive UN Medals of Honor in South Sudan One hundred and forty-six officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom (UK) contingent serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have received medals of honor for their service to the UN and people of South Sudan. The contingent…

Support for the implementation of an agreement reached between cattle herders and farming communities in south-western greater Bahr El Ghazal to ensure peaceful migration is being provided by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. UNMISS’ Civil Affairs Division in Wau has helped facilitate the…

UNMISS announces ambitious road rehabilitation plan for South Sudan Engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have begun a major road rehabilitation programme to improve security, enable traders and humanitarians to get food and aid to needy communities, and to build peace. At…

Near Verbatim Transcript ofMedia Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nationsand Head of the United Nations Mission in South SudanMr. David ShearerJuba Conference RoomUNMISS Tomping Site – Juba - 12 December 2017

Reporting on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers is unlike any other subject for journalists. With the goal of helping local media better understand and cover this complex issue of sexual exploitation and abuse, our missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) and…

President Macron, Excellencies,World Bank President Jim Kim,Ladies and gentlemen,We are not yet winning the war on climate change -- the defining challenge of our times.The Paris Agreement lays the basis for ambitious action.But we know that current commitments will not get us there.Every day, in…