Human Rights Day: UN launches campaign for 70th anniversary of Universal Declaration
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…
UN honours 14 peacekeepers killed in eastern DR Congo
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…
UNAMID and UNDP join IDPs community to mark International Volunteer Day and World Soil Day
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…
International Human Rights Day celebrated in Tubmanburg- Bomi County
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…
Security and Gender Group condemns violence against women in Kosovo
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…
British Contingent receive UN Medals of Honor in South Sudan
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…
UNMISS supports efforts for peaceful cattle migration in Greater Bahr El Ghazal
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…
UNMISS announces ambitious road rehabilitation plan for South Sudan
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…
Media Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the UNMISS; Near Verbatim Transcript + Road Map
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…
UN partners with media in the fight against sexual exploitation and abuse
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…
The Secretary-General remarks at One Planet Summit Paris, 12 December 2017 [As Delivered]
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…
Indian Veterinarians take ‘heal and educate’ campaign to Malakal
Indian Veterinarians take ‘heal and educate’ campaign to Malakal Indian veterinarians have carried out a special camp to help local farmers and cattle breeders prevent disease and raise healthy livestock in Malakal, northern…