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On Monday, 4 December 2017, during a meeting between the Head of MONUSCO-­‐South Kivu/Maniema Office and the Mission staff in Bukavu, one staff member spoke about his work and private responsibilities. After listening to him, Karan Soro, the Head of Office, immediately turned towards those of us…

Hundreds of community members of Iloli and Loguruny gathered under a tree in Ileu to witness a symbolic act of reconciliation between the landlords of their communities. The landlords of Iloli, Loguruny, and Ileu sat in the middle of the communities, on the plain earth, joining hands to mark the…

Global examples of how to build trust, including from the Middle East and South America, were discussed in context of furthering Kosovo’s own pathway to the future during the United Nations Kosovo Trust-Building Forum. The three-day forum, held in Slovenian capital Ljubljana from May 6 to 8, played…

Commemorating the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers at the Organization’s headquarters, in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the service and sacrifice made by UN “blue helmets” for the cause of peace around the world. Since the first peacekeeping mission…

Photo by Adam Abdelwahab, UNAMID. On 29 May 2018, UNAMID’s Governance and Community Stabilization Section in collaboration with Bahr el Arab Locality, East Darfur, conducted a one-day community sensitization workshop at Abu area to promote the historical peaceful co-existence between nomads and…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns an armed attack that directly targeted its peacekeepers in the country’s Unity region, on the morning of 4 June 2018. A convoy consisting of peacekeepers and civilians came under fire when it stopped briefly to interact with a…

A healthy planet is essential for a prosperous and peaceful future.We all have a role to play in protecting our only home, but it can be difficult to know what to do or where to start.That’s why this World Environment Day has just one request: beat plastic pollution.Our world is swamped by harmful…

A garbage facility near Tyre where a UNIFIL contractor sorts and separates UNIFIL waste. From solar farms and sewage treatment plants in its headquarters in Naqoura to the building of a greenhouse out of recycled plastic bottles in a UNIFIL position near Kafr Chouba in south-eastern Lebanon, UNIFIL…

5 June is annually celebrated as World Environment Day; the UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) held a Town Hall meeting to mark the occasion at its headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, while the Mission’s military and police peacekeepers carried out hands-on environmental work by cleaning two beaches close to…

"MINUSMA is implementing the four R’s of the waste policy of DPKO/DFS: reduce, reuse, recover and recycle." The objective of the environmental policy for UN peacekeeping missions is reduce their impact on environment. The Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, has been the first ever mission to have an…

“The war that started in 2013 left my house in ruins, my father has been killed and my education was interrupted, but now I am back at school after the United Nations and the international community tried to restore peace in our country.” Thus spoke Ayuen Thon, a student at the Dr. John Garang…

You’re Excellences, Admirals, Generals, Distinguished guests, Fellow Peacekeepers, Colleges, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for taking time to attend the commemoration of this very significant occasion. To day is dedicated to all UN Peace keepers all over the world. 70 years is indeed an impressive…