Spanish veterinary experts work with Lebanese students to assist livestock farmers
Veterinary experts from three Spanish universities recently completed a week-long intensive veterinary campaign to assist south Lebanese goat and cattle farmers. The visiting experts also used the opportunity to share their…
SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES WEDNESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2019 SOUTH ASIAThe Secretary-General has been following with great interest and great concern the situation in South Asia.He reiterates his strong…
2019 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting on uniformed capabilities, performance and protection
General Assembly hall On March 29, government ministers from around the world will gather at the UN General Assembly Hall at the UN Peacekeeping Ministerial: Uniformed capabilities, performance and protection to reaffirm…
Japan donates over US $1,468,000 to Mine Action in South Sudan
Juba, 29 March 2019 – The Government of Japan has contributed US $1,468,374 to the United NationsMine Action Service (UNMAS), for the mine action project “Enabling Humanitarian Operations andEnhancing National Institutional…
Month-long training enhances LAF-UNIFIL interoperability
A LAF soldier and a UNIFIL peacekeeper after completing the month-long joint training. The soldiers from the Lebanese Army crouch behind a burnt-out car. Smoke flares diminish the visibility and the sound of gunfire is…
SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
The members of the Security Council were briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA…
Guterres lauds UN peacekeeping, highlights need to bridge ‘critical’ gaps
United Nations Peacekeeping missions are working flat out and need to be made “stronger and safer”, Secretary-General António Guterres told a major ministerial pledging conference on Friday, stressing that “critical” gaps…
Italian, Ghanaian and Malaysian troops carry out live firing exercise
UNIFIL peacekeepers from Italy, Ghana and Malaysia jointly carried out a live firing exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in an area about one kilometer south of the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura this week. The 27…
The UN Security Council extends the mandate of MONUSCO until 20 December 2019
The UN Security Council decided unanimously on Friday, March 29, to renew the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo MONUSCO, until as of December 20, 2019…
Misseriya and Ngok Dinka pre-movement conference ends in Abyei Town
A three-day conference jointly organized by United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), FAO and IOM ended yesterday in Todach 18 kms north of Abyei mission Headquarters. A total of 85 participants from both Ngok…
Four kidnapped women rescued by UNISFA
Four Dinka women kidnapped on 22 March while they were out to fetch thatch grass at Tol Mach few kilometers from Abyei town have been rescued by the Ethiopian 21st Battalion. The rescued women were yesterday handed over to…