News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

7 February 2018, Monrovia - Two weeks after the Presidential inauguration, the new Vice President of the Republic of Liberia Her Excellency Jewel Howard-Taylor chaired the Liberian Women’s Consultative Forum in collaboration with the Women’s Situation Room, the United Nations Mission in Liberia…

A new phase of engagement by the European Union in the Western Balkans was heralded by the head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, during his address to Security Council members today. In light of the EU’s new strategy, announced yesterday, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary…

Patent grant to peacekeepers as part of training in the fight against HIV. Photo MONUSCO/Joseph Tabung Banah Goma, 6 February, 2018 - As part of the implementation of their 2018 programme of action, the MONUSCO HIV/AIDS Section, in collaboration with MONUSCO Level III Hospital in Goma, recently…

Dozens of students graduate from UN mission’s training centre in Bor This week 69 students graduated from the Bor vocational centre created by the South Korean contingent serving the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. The 12-week-long training facilitated by the South Korean engineering company…

Without real enforcement of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, and consequences for those who violate it, efforts to support peace and ensure humanitarian access in South Sudan will have only limited impact. That is the assessment of the deputy head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…

8-9 February 2018, Buchanan, Grand Bassa County - In recognition of the 18th Anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 and in response to the call in SCR 1325 urging consultation with local and international women’s groups, the UN Gender Theme Group (GTG) is hosting a…

UNMISS team conducts historic patrol in Tonga A team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has just concluded a three-day patrol of rebel-held Tonga – a strategic area in the northern Upper Nile region of South Sudan – to obtain a first-hand situational update on the security and…

Education best way to free South Sudanese women from gender-based violence and discrimination Women and girls in the Gogrial area have been encouraged to get an education and thus minimize the risks they face of being subjected to gender-based violence. The call comes amid reports of an increased…

Women in the Gogrial area are calling for greater affirmative action and representation in government. These sentiments were expressed at a robust forum in Kuajok to discuss the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which reaffirms the critical role of women in participation of…

MONROVIA – Liberia’s peaceful and democratic political transition culminated in the successful inauguration of President George Manneh Weah on 22 January 2018. The African Union Liaison Office in Liberia (AU), the Office of the Special Representative of the President of the ECOWAS Commission in…

Lieutenant Colonel Katie Hislop of the United Kingdom said she was happy to serve as a role model for young women considering a career with the armed forces. The mother of two was the only woman to head a military contingent at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). “I recognize that…

09 February 2018 – UNMIL Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) for Political and Rule of Law, Waldemar Vrey, Friday donated two 4WD vehicles to the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL). DSRSG Vrey said UNMIL was pleased and encouraged with the way that AFELL has…