UNIFIL peacekeepers host 50 children
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Force Commander Civil-Military Cooperation (FC CIMIC) unit hosted about 50 children in the Indonesian peacekeepers’ main base in Adshit Al Qusayr earlier this month. The children, between 5 and 13 years, came from the nearby town of Marjayoun to interact with UNIFIL…
Week-long police training seeks to boost child protection in South Sudan
Child protectors: 23 Police Advisers from 10 regions in South Sudan at a‘training of trainers’ workshop in Juba, conducted by the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) and UNMISS Child Protection and Gender Units. Joshua Mmali A room full of friendly-looking and lively police officers is not something one…
UNMISS hands over newly constructed police station to community in Riang-Alek
Officer-in-Charge, UNMISS Kuajok Field Office, Abimbola Aina cuts inaugural ribbon with Riang-Alek Police Inspector, Simon Kuot and Bouyar Commissioner James Athian Agok.(Photo: Manyang Mayom/UNMISS) Manyang Mayom The security situation in Gogrial area’s Riang-Alek county has received a major boost…
Tayr Dibbah team beats UNIFIL peacekeepers in friendly football
As part of strengthening their bond with the host population, UNIFIL’s Korean peacekeepers hosted 27 representatives from the town of Tayr Dibbah, including its mayor, Hussein Saad, for a friendly football match in their main base near the south Lebanese town last week. During the 20 July friendly…
A little respite comes to the sick in Bor, thanks to Korean peacekeepers
Achuei Woui carries her ten-month old baby, Yar Thou, to a temporary medical camp run by Korean peacekeepers in Bor town. Photo: Nektarios Markogiannis Beatrice Mategwa Cradling her child close in the rain, Achuei Woui carries her ten-month old baby to a temporary medical camp in Bor town. The child…
Surviving on Fruits and Leaves: Displaced Jie Community in Kassengor in Dire Need of Humanitarian Aid
For several weeks, thousands of Jie – mostly women and children – have been surviving in Kassengor, Kapoeta, on little but wild fruits for food, and tree leaves to treat medical issues. “We are suffering now. We are facing a lot of challenges including water, diseases, and hunger,” lamented Regai…
Local religious leaders meet with UNIFIL sector east brigade to enhance ties
UNIFIL Sector East Commander Brigadier General Sánchez Martínez-Falero received the religious authorities from south-east Lebanon at the Sector Headquarters, the Miguel de Cervantes Base, in Ibl al-Saqi, yesterday. The multinational Sector East Brigade conducted an ecumenical meeting with the…
USG Khare concludes three-day visit and pledges continued support to Darfur
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. United Nations Under-Secretary-General in the Department of Field Support, Mr. Atul Khare, has concluded a three-day visit to Darfur, during which he met stakeholders and saw key projects in the Jebel Marra area where UNAMID is establishing a temporary operating base…
SRSG ZAHIR TANIN VISITS PRIZREN/PRIZREN MUNICIPALITY
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin met Mayor Mytaher Haskuka and other officials of Prizren municipality on 26 July, as part of his commitment to engage with municipal and local actors across Kosovo. During the meeting, SRSG Tanin and the Mayor…
Mali: Any dispute over key Sunday vote must be resolved peacefully, says UN envoy
With key presidential elections in Mali just two days away, the top United Nations official there on Friday stressed that candidates must accept the results and ensure that the democratic process in Mali is “irreversible”. “It is necessary that everybody goes to vote in a peaceful way and that the…
Make Sunday ‘an important celebration of democracy’ UN chief urges voters in Mali
On the eve of Mali’s crucial presidential election, the United Nations Secretary-General said that despite clear security challenges, voters in the arid African nation of around 18 million, needed to ensure that the key poll was first and foremost “an important celebration of democracy”. The UN…