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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 the Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief at a ceremony at the United Nations Interim…

GA Hall Ministers of Defence, Foreign Affairs, and high-level officials from more than 130 Member States and intergovernmental organizations gathered at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss and generate the specialized capabilities necessary for contemporary peacekeeping, with a…

On trouvera ci-après le texte de la déclaration à la presse faite, aujourd’hui, par le Président du Conseil de sécurité pour le mois de mars, François Delattre (France): Les membres du Conseil de sécurité ont entendu le 26 mars 2019 un exposé du Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général pour la…

UNMISS Tomping Site, Juba Conference Room – 27 March 2019

Spanish peacekeepers serving with UNIFIL received United Nations medals on 29 March for their service with the Mission in furthering peace in south Lebanon. UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col chaired a medal ceremony at the “Miguel de Cervantes” base in…

“Peace is a process.” Hawa Aganas, a Civil Affairs Officer serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, lets slip an audible sigh and displays a smile which seems both wary and weary as she comments on the proceedings that have taken place in Manyabol over the last couple of days…

Located on the shores of the River Nile, Terekeka was the venue for a meeting that would not have been possible just over six months ago. “Today is a blessed day. A day to welcome our brothers and sons back home. A day to reconcile for unity,” said mother-of-five, Mary Juan, who lost her husband in…

On 01 April 2019 MINURSO celebrated the arrival of the new Force Commander Major-General Zia ur Rehman of Pakistan who succeeds Major General Xiaojun Wang of China. Major-General Zia ur Rehman brought with him to MINURSO 30 years of national and international military leadership experience…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today chaired a regular Tripartite meeting with senior officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) at the UN position in Ras Al Naqoura. Opening the meeting, the UNIFIL Commander said that…

UNIFIL Deputy Force Commander Major General Shivaram Kharel this week visited the peacekeeping mission’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) ships in Limassoul, Cyprus. During his visit to the MTF Greek ship “HS NIKIFOROS FOKAS” on 31 March, he received briefing on MTF’s operational activities from the German…

The two neighbouring communities of Tonj and Gok have agreed to establish a joint border court to arbitrate cases of inter-communal violence. The court, to be comprised of seven traditional chiefs, will have jurisdiction on thefts and killings related to cattle. The conference, under the theme…

“South Sudan is doable. We are into the endgame now, and we need support to see this one through. It isn’t a thousand-year problem. It isn’t a hundred-year problem. It is a three to five-year problem, and then this goes away.” “This” is the challenge posed by landmines and other unexploded ordnance…