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Alan Doss attending a ceremony to open a new police station in Paynesville, supported by an UNMIL quick-impact project. Photo: Eric Kanalstein | UNMIL | 11 Aug 06 The second Special Representative of the Secretary-General to lead UNMIL, Alan Doss of the United Kingdom arrived in Monrovia only weeks…

SRSG Klein with members of the local community during a field visit. Photo: Eric Kanalstein | UNMIL | 28 Jan 05 Jacques Paul Klein arrived in Monrovia in October 2003 as the Mission’s first Special Representative of the Secretary-General (then, Kofi Annan). With the flight of former president…

Despite the deteriorating security situation, there are some signs of progress in the field of disarmament, such as the intention of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States to hold summit talks, a senior United Nations official said Monday.

Comedian and UNMIL Peace Messenger, George Tamba (right), celebrated throughout Liberia as Boutini, performs in an AIDS awareness campaign. Photo: UNMIL | 22 Jun 11 Just after the Security Council passed resolution 1509 to establish UNMIL on 19 September 2003, a small team of international public…

Women bake bread in the mobile oven of a community bakery in Coast Guard, Monrovia. The project was supported by quick-impact project funding. Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 26 Jan 18 UNMIL’s quick-impact projects (QIPs) have focused on implementing small-scale, rapidly achievable projects aimed…

UNMIL uses e-diplomacy for broader reach and longer legacy | Shpend Bërbatovci With the advent of new communications technologies, peacekeeping missions are using social media to increase their reach and engagement. Whether digital diplomacy, e-diplomacy or cyber diplomacy, UNMIL’s Strategic…

As UNMIL entered the last phase of its lifespan, the use of programmatic funding became a means of achieving the Mission’s mandated tasks, complementing the work of peacekeeping personnel in activities that should help sustain the peace. The Mission will use such funding to ensure that its popular…

A poster designed by the UNMIL Public Information Office to support a campaign about sexual exploitation and abuse in Liberia. Illustration: Samson Zogbaye | UNMIL In November 2005, wracked by allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse among its field personnel, the United Nations Department of…

Bibi-Masumeh Eng, the UNMIL Chief of Staff. Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 7 Feb 18 Ms. Bibi Eng, the Mission Chief of Staff, talks about her role in UNMIL, and how she has facilitated Mission activities as an orchestra conductor behind the curtain. A lawyer by training, she also has a degree in…

The United Nations has already started to prepare for a post-peacekeeping presence in Haiti, a senior UN official said Tuesday, stressing there are many reasons to be optimistic that the country’s progress towards stability is now irreversible.

UNMIL Radio staff on air at one of the studios at UNMIL HQ in Monrovia. Photo: Christopher Herwig | UNMIL | 7 Jan 09 UNMIL Radio first hit the airwaves at the very inception of the UN Mission. The start-up challenges in human and material resources were enormous but these paled in comparison to…

Eva Flomo, UNMIL Radio Producer on-air at the UNMIL studios in Monrovia.Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 29 Jan 18 Now one of the most respected household voices in Liberia, UNMIL Radio producer, Eva Flomo had a hint of her destiny when in school she would grab a scroll of paper pretending it was a…