Ghanaian peacekeepers organize Combat Medicare Course with LAF
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…
Marking of two corridors on SDBZ completed
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…
Unrealistic demands on UN peacekeeping costing lives and credibility – Guterres
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…
Darfuri women calls for participations in decision making, reconciliation and peace process
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…
UNMISS chief rides with boda boda motorcyclists in campaign for peace and safety
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…
UN Secretary-General's remarks to Security Council High-Level Debate on Collective Action to Improve UN Peacekeeping Operations
[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…
Their 15-year mission a success, UN peacekeepers depart a stable and grateful Liberia
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.
HIV prevention: MONUSCO sensitizes its peacekeepers in Walungu
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…
Member States’ support essential for an effective UN, says outgoing political chief
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…
Guterres welcomes successful wrap up of long-running UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia
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…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the end of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
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…
UNMIL completes its mandate in a now peaceful Liberia
UNMIL/PR/3003-18 Download PDF UNMIL completes its mandate in a now peaceful Liberia Monrovia, 30 March 2018 - Established in October 2003, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1509(2003) upon the…