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Standing in formation under the sweltering sun, hundreds of Ethiopian peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan received the UN medal in honor of their service for peace in the country. More than 600 peacekeepers from the Ethbatt1 company were recognized for their…

1. On 27 September 2018, a High-Level Ministerial Meeting on the Central African Republic was held in the margins of the 73rd ordinary session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, co-chaired by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, the President of the Central…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA) in the Central African Republic (CAR) has received new allegations of sexual abuse of at least three (3) minors by Mauritanian peacekeepers in southern CAR. As soon as the first allegations reached him on Monday, 24…

قام وفد من لجنة الشؤون الخارجية في مجلس النواب اللبناني يتألف من سبعة أعضاء بزيارة المقرّ العام لليونيفيل ومنطقة عمليات البعثة اليوم للاطلاع عن كثب على العمل الحاسم الذي تقوم به بعثة حفظ السلام التابعة للأمم المتحدة في جنوب لبنان. وقد استقبل رئيس بعثة اليونيفيل وقائدها العام اللواء ستيفانو ديل كول…

A seven-member delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lebanese Parliament visited the UNIFIL Headquarters and the Mission’s area of operation today to see first-hand the crucial work carried out by the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander…

A joint UN and AU delegation on a three-day visit to South Sudan has expressed their solidarity with the people and leadership of the country, saying they are ready to help support the peace agreement signed recently in Addis Ababa. Their visit is also aimed at addressing “in a stronger manner the…

Nyamile Malual Jiech walked with her children for five days and nights through violent clashes to reach the safety of the United Nations protection site in Bentiu. Her husband was killed in the fierce clashes in the Unity region. She described her horror journey to a high-level delegation of African…

It’s 10.00 a.m. in South Sudan’s remote town of Bor, and last-minute preparations are underway before the start of a medal parade ceremony for close to eight dozen peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea. They have been in the country for eight months, working mostly as engineers. Punctuality is…

Students from five universities in South Sudan march together on a field at the University of Juba. Marching side-by-side to the festive ring of bugle horns, these pupils are walking on soil that was a battleground just decades ago during South Sudan’s fight for independence from neighboring Sudan…

Activists and members of women’s groups in Juba are insisting on their crucial role to bringing lasting peace to South Sudan, in light of the country’s revitalized peace agreement signed last month in Addis Ababa. “We need to close the gender gap for women to participate and take on their role as…

UN Security Council in Kinshasa: “Our visit went beyond our expectations”. Photo MONUSCO. Michael ALI "Our visit went beyond our expectations," said Veronica Cordova Sopria, Deputy Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the UN, at the end of a two-day visit to Kinshasa by a UN Security Council…

At the age of five or six, he knew he wanted to be a pilot. He is now 30 - and flies a monstrous craft in those hard-to-go-to places. As his plane touched-down in South Sudan, Flight Lieutenant Conor O’Neill from the Australian Defense Force said he was proud that he had safely accomplished his…