News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Cows, though not necessarily the ones pictured here, sometimes eat where they are not supposed to, leading to conflicts between farmers and cattle herders. An agreement implemented between farming and cattle herder communities in three neighboring states in greater Bahr El Ghazal region has brought…

Wearing full safety gear, a UNIFIL combat engineer shows how dangerous demining is. In a recent Mine Risk Education (MRE) day, hundreds of young school children from the Tyre district participated in a variety of activities raising their awareness about the dangers of mines and unexploded ordinance…

On 14 June, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, met Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama in Tirana. ASG Keita and SRSG Tanin expressed appreciation for the…

Earlier in the week, on 12 June, ASG Keita and SRSG Tanin met in Pristina with Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj and the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Behgjet Isa Pacolli. The Pristina leadership reiterated their commitment to the dialogue process with Belgrade and…

From 4-15 June 2018, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) conducted four sessions of its Improvised Medical Techniques (IMT) training course for UNFICYP’s military and police personnel. Each session stretches over two-and-a-half days and aims at equipping all participants with skills to…

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 19 June 2018 “The Plight and Rights of Children Born of War” Sexual violence in conflict is a threat to our collective security and a stain on our common humanity. Its effects can echo across generations, through trauma, stigma, poverty, poor health and unwanted pregnancy…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.200

Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are helping to restore peace and security in the Jonglei region town of Akobo, in the north-east of South Sudan. “Business is good, we are going to Ethiopia by boat to bring in the goods,” said Tharjiath Duel, a local…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has handed over a community police office to the authorities of Makuac in Aguok North County near Kuajok. “This police station was supposed to be constructed by the government but now UNMISS has built it for us instead,” said Akol Deng Dut, a…

19 June, 2018 - Today, we mark the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Security Council landmark resolution 1820, which identified conflict-related sexual violence as an impediment to international peace and security. As we commemorate this day, we recall the important achievements that have…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) warns armed groups, including l’Unite pour la Paix en Centrafrique (UPC) against any attempt to obstruct the military movement of the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) from Bambari to…

What would you do if you were forced to leave your home? Today, more than 68 million people around the world are refugees or internally displaced as a result of conflict or persecution. That is equivalent to the population of the world’s 20th largest country. Last year, someone was displaced every…