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UN General highlights the role of UNMOGIP to his audience on Medal Parade Day April 25th, 2019 On the occasion of medal parade day, Maj General Jose Eladio Alcain informed the audience, including Ambassadors, members of the diplomatic community, military officials, United Nations Military Observers…

International day of UN Peacekeepers observed at UNMOGIP Wednesday, 29th May 2019 Every year on 29 May the United Nations commemorates the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. On this day, the United Nations pays tribute to all the men and women who have served as military, police or…

UNMOGIP Activities as Peacebuilding UNMOGIP continues to share and explain its role to various stakeholders from within the region as well as the international community. Efforts along this line as directed by Head of Mission /Chief Military Observer Maj Gen Jose Eladio Alcain were accomplished in a…

International day of UN Peacekeepers observed at UNMOGIP Wednesday, 29th May 2019 Every year on 29 May the United Nations commemorates the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. On this day, the United Nations pays tribute to all the men and women who have served as military, police or…

Flag lowering ceremony at Islamabad HQ 30th APRIL 2019 A flag lowering ceremony was held at UNMOGIP Headquarters Islamabad signaling a move of the Mission Headquarters to Srinagar from 1 May. Every year the UNMOGIP headquarters rotates between Srinagar from May to October on Indian side of Line of…

Patients at Torit’s main hospital have one thing less to worry about, thanks to the timely intervention of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), which has got water flowing again at the health facility. Since its water pump broke down two months ago, the hospital has been hit by a…

Zimbabwe’s Emma Madziva stands at attention as a medal is pinned on her left breast pocket, just next to her name tag. The five-feet-three-inches-tall peacekeeper now proudly wears her first-ever United Nations medal, honouring her peacekeeping work in South Sudan’s Unity area. “It shows how hard we…

Trained as a chemical engineer and a lawyer, one would have thought that Viola Hoxha and Valentina Korbi would be tucked somewhere in the comfort of home in Tirana, the capital of Albania. However, now at the ranks of captain and major respectively, and with considerable experience in the Albanian…

It’s a crisp Saturday morning. The sun is out, and so are close to a thousand Juba-based peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Charged and motivated, they have shown-up early, and are ready to start out in a clean-up exercise that is expected to continue frequently…

It may have started like any other day, but this was no ordinary day for a bunch of excited South Sudanese students. Marking the Day of the African Child a couple of days early, they took on the reigns of the UN Radio station, and also clearly articulated various issues they had up their sleeves…

Russian Language Day With the support of the Staff Welfare Committee, MINURSO celebrated on 6 June 2019, the Russian Language Day. Russian Military Observers serving in the Mission Team Sites got together at MINURSO HQ and presented, in the presence of the OiC Head of Mission Veneranda Mukandoli…

A group of women waits to welcome a high-powered delegation of politicians from South Sudan’s north. Gogrial area’s Governor Victor Atem Atem and his Twic counterpart, Governor Atem Madut Yak are jetting in onboard United Nations flights. “Now they’ve come to discuss with our leaders what happened…