News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Human rights workshop helps women claim their rights Internally displaced people living in the United Nations protection site in Bentiu are claiming back their human rights. Ongoing engagement with women in the site in the Unity region, including a recent workshop organized by the United Nations…

Senior South Sudanese army officers urged by the United Nations to respect the rights of children Army officers serving in the troubled Yei region are being urged to respect the rights of children so that South Sudan can be removed from the international list of countries that recruit and use child…

Yei youth calling for unity in diversity to rebuild broken relationship A wide spectrum of youth living in Yei are exploring ways to end ethnic division and build unity in a forum to promote peace in the south-western region of South Sudan. Organized under the theme “promoting peace, social cohesion…

14 December 2017 - Voinjama - Driven by the initiative ’Gender Sensitive Reporting; fairer portrayal of Women in the Media’, the Female Journalists Association of Liberia (FeJAL) trained journalists in Voinjama, Lofa County from 28 to 30 November 2017. The project was funded by the United Nations…

The head of United Nations peacekeeping operations on Thursday attended a ceremony in the port city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in honour of the country’s peacekeepers recently killed during their mission in a neighbouring country. “We are here today to honor 14 fallen peacekeepers from Tanzania who…

Indian soldiers unite communities in Melut through sport Sport as a universal language can be a powerful tool to promote peace, tolerance and understanding by bringing people across boundaries, cultures and religions together. In Melut in the Upper Nile region, peacekeepers from the UN Mission in…

UNMISS welcomes UN Security Council extension of Mandate The mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has been extended by the UN Security Council so it can continue working with the people of the country to protect civilians and build durable peace. The UN Security Council has passed…

15 December 2017, Monrovia – On today’s forum for Political Party National Youth League organized by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), the Liberian Youth Peace Declaration was signed. In his opening remarks, UNMIL Deputy SRSG for Political and Rule of Law and Officer in Charge (OIC) for…

As the brutal conflict in South Sudan enters its fifth year, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday said it remains deeply concerned over the situation there, and expressed strong support for a regional initiative aimed at salvaging a 2015 peace deal. In a presidential statement, the 15…

The Secretary-General urges South Sudanese Parties to engage in good faith in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) -led High-Level Revitalization Forum set to begin in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, next week. The Secretary-General is convinced that with full backing by the region and the…

The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations in charge of peacekeeping operations has announced that sanctions will be taken against the murderers of the 14 Tanzanian peacekeepers killed in the Semliki area of North Kivu on 7 December 2017. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, made this statement on Friday 15…

Kinshasa, 15th December 2017 - MONUSCO applauds the decision rendered by the South Kivu Military Court in the Kavumu trial on 13th December 2017, for the kidnapping and rapes of 38 children in which the South Kivu provincial Member of Parliament, Frederic Batumike, and 11 other persons were…