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On visit to Bor, head of UNMISS stresses need to create conditions for displaced people to return home On his second visit to Bor town in Jonglei, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has underscored the…

The medical team of UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) organized a joint Combat Medicare Course with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel at the main Ghanaian base in Al-Qawzah this week. The two-day course held on 26 and 27 March 2018 sought to enhance mutual understanding, common…

The African Border Corridor Programme Technical Team (AUBP-TT) together with the Joint Technical Border Corridor Committee (JTBCC), with support from the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) completed the marking of two out of the…

As the United Nations continues to send peacekeepers to difficult or war-torn environments like Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, those ‘blue helmets’ will need more and better coordinated support among the actors who authorize and deploy them, Secretary-General António Guterres said on…

Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. On 26 and 27 March 2018, some 100 women from Darfur’s five states, representing the state government, parliamentarians, localities, civil society organizations and internally displaced persons (IDPs) gathered in El Fasher, North Darfur, to attend the Global Open Day on…

UNMISS chief rides with boda boda motorcyclists in campaign for peace and safety The streets of Juba were today lit up in midday excitement, as David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), joined some 400 boda boda…

[As delivered] Mr. President, I thank the Kingdom of the Netherlands for organizing this important debate and I thank you Prime Minister Mark Rutte for presiding it. I have addressed this Council several times over the past year on peacekeeping reform. It is now time to take action together. At its…

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Liberia will formally cease operations on Friday after aiding the West African nation’s transition from ravaging civil war to a hopeful era of peace.

Walungu, March 23, 2018 – Walungu is a locality situated tens of kilometres from the town of Bukavu in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The main activity of the population in this mountainous region is farming. They toil the land to feed the hungry population in…

After nearly six years as the United Nations political chief, Jeffrey Feltman on Thursday spoke to the press for the last time as the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, spotlighting the importance of multilateralism and the support of UN Member countries for the Organization’s vital work…

Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the successful conclusion of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), which officially closed its doors on Friday, and congratulated the West African country’s people and Government for turning the page on crisis and conflict.

30 March 2018 Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the end of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) The Secretary-General welcomes the successful conclusion of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) on 30 March 2018. The…