MONUSCO provides support for setting up mobile clinic on internally displaced sites in Katanika
MONUSCO provides support for setting up mobile clinic on internally displaced sites in Katanika. Photo MONUSCO/Francois-Xavier MYBE Kalemie, 19 June 2018 – Canadian Ambassador, Nicolas Simard inaugurated a mobile clinic in…
MONUSCO urges the youth of Kananga to engage in constructive dialogue
MONUSCO urges the youth of Kananga to engage in constructive dialogue. Photo MONUSCO/Laurent Sam OUSSOU Kananga, 22 June 2018 – MONUSCO Political Affairs Section held an awareness session for forty young people including 11…
SRSG Tanin and Mitrovica Basic Court President jointly commend work on case backlog
On 20 June, the President of the Basic Court of Mitrovica, Judge Nikola Kabašić, welcomed the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, and the Deputy Special Representative of the…
Military Olympiad raises €19,000 for LAF martyrs’ association
Dressed as centurions, UNIFIL French peacekeepers lead the opening of the third UNIFIL Military Olympiad. The partially intact Roman circus within the archeological ruins of Tyre’s hippodrome was a fitting backdrop for the…
UN condemns killing of peacekeeper in armed attack on convoy in South Sudan
A Bangladeshi peacekeeper was killed today during an armed attack on a United Nations convoy that was supporting the delivery of humanitarian aid to vulnerable civilians in the Central Equatorian region of South Sudan…
UNMIK DSRSG COLEMAN ADDRESSES IMPORTANT GATHERING OF SURVIVORS OF CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE
photo by: Alban Raci On 22 June, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General and Deputy Head of UNMIK, Mr. Christopher Coleman, addressed a group of 200 survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Shëngjin…
Spain’s Ambassador pays homage to fallen UNIFIL soldiers
Spain’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Jose María Ferrer De La Peña, visited the memorial of the six UNIFIL Spanish peacekeeper killed in 2007, marking the 11th anniversary of the tragic incident, in El Khiam in south-eastern Lebanon…
Kenyan police officers awarded UN medals for distinguished service in South Sudan
A contingent of Kenyan police officers have been praised for their professional and distinguished service to the United Nations and the people of South Sudan during a medal ceremony in the capital Juba. The 23 officers have…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on intercommunal clashes and human rights violations in Mopti region, Mali
The Secretary-General is following with concern the rising toll of intercommunal clashes in central Mali, including the killing of 22 people in the village of Koumaga, Mopti region, on 23 June. He calls for calm and restraint…
Mali: UN chief calls for calm as clashes leave over 20 dead in Mopti
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for calm and restraint in the Mopti region of central Mali, where over 20 people are reported to have been killed in intercommunal clashes over the weekend. In a…
MONUSCO organizes fire-fighting training session for UVIRA Prison’s Security Staff
Demonstration on the use of fire extinguisher by MONUSCO Security Officer for the police members assigned to prison’s security during a training organized by Justice Support Section. Photo MONUSCIO/Bilamekaso TCHAGBELE…