News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr. Zahir Tanin, welcomed the Ambassador of the United States to Kosovo, Mr. Philip S. Kosnett, at UNMIK Headquarters on 1 February 2019. The Ambassador and the SRSG discussed a number of issues including the latest political…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 8 February 2019 the appointment of Major General Mehari Zewde Gebremariam of Ethiopia as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). He succeeds Major General Gebre Adhana Woldezgu of Ethiopia who…

Members of the Abyei community led by the Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief, Mr. Bulabek Deng Kuol, and comprising some representatives of the Juba-appointed administration, traditional leadership and Civil Society, visited UNISFA yesterday to express condolences to the United Nations and the government…

An Ethiopian military helicopter registration Number UNO 379P with 23 passengers on board has crashed today at around 1310H inside the compound of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) killing three of its crew members. The MI-8 helicopter was on routine operation carrying…

Photo by Kone Mouroulaye, UNAMID. From 13-14 February, UNAMID’s Governance and Community Stabilization Section (GCSS), in collaboration with the Central Jebel Marra Locality and Native Administration (NA) leaders, organized a two-day peaceful coexistence and reconciliation conference in Golo…

Khartoum - On 12 February 2019, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Bintou Keita; the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Programme, Mourad Wahba; and the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco concluded a three-day…

Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Bintou Keita; the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, and their delegation today started their five- day visit to Sudan. Earlier today, the delegation met the Acting…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated on 22 February 2019 against a vehicle carrying peacekeepers from MINUSMA near Siby (region of Bamako), which resulted in 3 peacekeepers from Guinea killed and another injured. The members of the Security…

My name is Ayaba Lonlon Vendome. I am from Togo. I started serving as a volunteer in August 2016. My role as an Operations Officer in the Regional Joint Operation Center (RJOC) in MINUSMA mainly consists of gathering and analyzing information and keeping the mission’s leadership informed of all…

UNIFIL peacekeepers today hosted in its headquarters in Naqoura more than 150 children from a local school as a way of strengthening the Mission’s relation with the communities. The Mission’s Civil Affairs Office and Military Community Outreach Unit (MCOU) jointly organized the visit of 153 students…

An Australian military officer has taken charge of the Observer Group Lebanon (OGL), which is a part of the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) and works in Lebanon under UNIFIL’s overall operational control. During a transfer of authority ceremony held in the UNIFIL Headquarters on 15…

Dozens of UNIFIL peacekeepers operating under the command of Spanish-led Sector East Headquarters participated this week in an exercise in order to practice procedures and assess reactions during casualty and medical evacuations. The multi-national exercise, conducted on 13 February in an Indonesian…