UNMISS completes rehabilitation of road linking Kuajok, Wau and Tonj
Proactive and robust road repair work by UNMISS promotes nimble transportation and durable peace. The Chinese Engineering Company of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Wau has completed more than 170 kilometres of robust road rehabilitation, linking the towns of Kuajok, Wau and Tonj. The…
Statement by SRSG Zahir Tanin on International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Nineteen years after the end of the conflict in Kosovo, 1,652 persons from all Kosovan communities remain missing. The full truth about their fate remains unknown to their families. On this day, the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the…
The Deputy Secretary-General --- Remarks on the Occasion of the Closure of the United Nations Mission in Liberia
Monrovia, 22 March 2018 [As prepared for delivery] Your Excellency President George Weah, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Dear colleagues and friends, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you, Mr. President, and distinguished members of the Government, for being here today as we mark the closure of the…
The Liberia Moment - From Peacekeeping to Sustaining Peace, Pro-Poor Inclusive Development and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals
An International Meeting in Monrovia - 23 March 2018 Download: liberia_moment_-_joint_communique_-_23_march_2018.pdf (Monrovia, March 23, 2018) — Liberia is at a crossroads of opportunity. A new President, H.E. George Manneh Weah, assumed office in January, and the peacekeeping mandate of the United…
UN chief denounces terrorist attack in southern France; commends response of security forces
Strongly condemning the terrorist attack in France, the United Nations Secretary-General has reiterated his support to the Government in its fight against violent extremism.
At Security Council, UN Middle East peace envoy reports on Israel’s troubling settlement expansion
Reporting that over the past three months, Israel has advanced 22 plans for some 1,200 housing units for one area of the West Bank, a United Nations envoy warned Monday that such ongoing settlement expansion is eroding the prospect of a two-state solution to the long-standing Middle East conflict.
SRSG TANIN CALLS FOR RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND CALM
Today’s developments in Kosovo are unacceptable. I call on Belgrade and Pristina authorities to act with good will, to avoid provocation and to take the steps necessary to maintain peace and human security. The responsibilities of leaders to their constituencies demands nothing less. Furthermore, it…
Photos and drawings tell 40 years of UNIFIL’s shared history in south Lebanon
A UNIFIL Civil Affairs officer opens up a discussion with a visiting school group about the historical images on display. In a little room inside Beit al Madina in the southern city of Tyre, drawings of white doves, green trees, sunrise, broken fences, flying birds, and people collecting their…
Traditional Communicators bid farewell to UNMIL
27 March 2018, Monrovia – The eleven groups of Traditional Communicators (TC’s) bid farewell to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) with a day of cultural singing and dancing performances; after 15 years of collaboration, delivering messages to all counties in support of the Mission’s…
UN allocates $9 million to help thousands of people displaced in north-east Nigeria
Some 60,000 people displaced by ongoing hostilities in Nigeria’s crisis-torn Borno state will receive life-saving aid thanks to an allocation from the United Nations-managed country-based humanitarian assistance fund.
Security Council renews UN mission in DR Congo
The Security Council on Tuesday extended for one year the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), making it a priority for the operation to protect civilians and provide support for implementation of a 31 December 2016 agreement on holding elections.