SRSG TANIN MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER OF ALBANIA IN ADVANCE OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON KOSOVO
On 30 January 2018, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr Zahir Tanin, met with Albania's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Ditmir Bushati, in Tirana. The visit was part of SRSG…
Somali leaders, international partners and UN determined to make Somalia famine resistant
One year after Somalia declared drought as a national emergency, famine has so far been averted due to collective and unprecedented humanitarian action, and on Tuesday, the country marked a turning point towards ending the…
Homage to fallen Pakistani Blue Helmet in Goma
MONUSCO Deputy Force Commander Major General Bernard Commins, has paid Homage to the fallen Pakistan Soldier (N.K)/Corporal MUHAMMAD NAEEM RAZA who was killed on the 27 January 2018 in an ambush in South Kivu by an illegal…
Security Council stresses need of ‘sustainable solutions’ for millions displaced in Darfur
Despite improvements in the security and humanitarian situation in Darfur, continued challenges remain, the United Nations Security Council has said, underlining the need for sustainable solutions for the region’s 2.7 million…
Portrait of Simion Marius ADRIAN
UNPOL Simion Marius ADRIAN is currently the acting chief for the UN Police Planning Unit at Kinshasa Headquarters. He is actually the Police Deputy-Commissioner and Chief of the Romanian contingent. Educated in the military…
Despite the implementation of the Peace Agreement, the human rights situation in Mali remains of concern
Bamako – 1st February 2018 MINUSMA and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a joint public report today on human rights and the peace process in Mali, the product of monitoring and analysis…
FCR provides medical support to schoolchildren
Over the course of the past six weeks, UNIFIL’s French and Finnish peacekeepers provided medical support to about 600 children in the city of Burj Kallawiyah, south Lebanon. The peacekeepers attached to the UN Mission’s Force…
Statement by the President of the Security Council on UNAMID
The Security Council welcomes improvements in the security situation as well as the ongoing absence of armed clashes between government forces and the armed opposition, in addition to the extension of unilateral cessations of…
Mali human rights situation still a concern – UN report
Despite the signing of a 2015 Peace Agreement, the human rights situation in Mali still remains a concern, according to a United Nations report published on Thursday. It found that more than 600 cases of human rights…
High-level delegation visits Yambio to discuss peace and development
High-level delegation visits Yambio to discuss peace and development A high-level delegation led by Alain Noudehou, head of the United Nations humanitarian operations in South Sudan, have visited Yambio to assess challenges…
UN considering new base on western bank of Nile to give South Sudanese refugees confidence to return
It is a long journey from the capital Juba to reach remote communities on the West Bank of the Nile. First, it takes an early morning flight to Malakal over its large United Nations protection site, then a short hop via…
UNMIL strengthens the Liberian Judiciary through Quick Impact Projects and assessed Funding
1 February 2018, Monrovia - UNMIL Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Political and Rule of Law, Mr. Waldemar Vrey on behalf of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) ceremonially handed…