News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNIFIL’s Croatian Contingent has ended its mission with UNIFIL with the departure of 49 troops from south Lebanon today. The Croatian peacekeepers worked with UNIFIL’s Italian Contingent in Sector West. The Sector Headquarters in Shamaa organized a flag-lowering ceremony on 28 May to mark the…

“We have agreed together to hold anyone that will cause conflict between us accountable, like thieves of goats and cattle,” said Oburak Alex, the landlord of Bur who oversees all traditional rituals and land ownership disputes in the area. The Bur community in Eastern Equatoria has frequently voiced…

The routine of cattle raids and revenge attacks in Western Lakes prevails because of a lack of an efficient justice system in the area. This conclusion was reached at a two-day roundtable discussion on the rule of law and human rights organized in Rumbek. “If our government does not apprehend…

MINURSO FC chaired the ceremony of the International of UN Peacekeepers On 29 May 2019, MINURSO celebrated the International of UN Peacekeepers. A ceremony, chaired by the OiC Head of MINURSO, Force Commander Major-General Zia-Ur-Rehman toke place in the parade ground of the Mission HQ, in Laayoune…

Kalemie, 28 May 2019: MONUSCO organized a public event “Journee Porte ouverte “at Maendeleo Square as part of the International Day of Peacekeepers on the theme "Protecting Civilians, Protecting Peace". In addition to the military and police personnel, all MONUSCO civilian components, local elected…

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Dimakatso Raisibe Margaret Maila from South Africa. I am 31 years old and I like running, cooking and reading. I am originally from Marulaneng Ga-Mphahlele in Limpopo Province and I joined the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in 2010. How…

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) held a three-day Security’s Safe and Secure Approach to the Field Environment (SSAFE) training between 20 and 22 May 2019 in Abyei with Eighteen (18) participants in attendance. The objective of SSAFE is to raise staff members awareness of…

UNIFIL’s Croatian Contingent has ended its mission with UNIFIL with the departure of 49 troops from south Lebanon today. The Croatian peacekeepers worked with UNIFIL’s Italian Contingent in Sector West. The Sector Headquarters in Shamaa organized a flag-lowering ceremony on 28 May to mark the…

When a group of UN police officers in Bor realized that most of their female South Sudanese colleagues could not read, speak or write English and hence were relegated to making tea for their male coworkers, they decided to act. The UN police officers, serving with the United Nations Mission in South…

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) through its Gender Advisory Team conducted a training on basic gender and human rights concepts, women’s rights, and women, peace and security as well as the critical role of women’s participation in reconciliation processes and conflict…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo, Mr. Zahir Tanin, met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić, and ambassadors and diplomats representing the “Quint” countries, China, the Russian Federation and…

The ninth batch of youth who have received training in different fields has graduated from a vocational centre run by Republic of Korean peacekeepers in Bor after completing a 20-week hands-on curriculum. 52 students, among them 11 girls, acquired skills in agriculture, carpentry, welding…