International day of UN Peacekeepers observed at UNMOGIP
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…
UNMOGIP Activities as Peace building
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…
United Nations Military Observers Conference (Opening Ceremony)
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…
Flag lowering ceremony at Islamabad HQ
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…
UNMISS to the rescue: Torit hospital receives much-needed water supply
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…
Zimbabwean woman tackling gender-based violence as she changes lives of the displaced in South Sudan
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…
First-ever Albanian female peacekeepers committed to leaving a mark in South Sudan
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…
Rwanda’s Umuganda-style clean-up exercise brought to Juba by UN peacekeepers
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…
Children take on UN radio airwaves to champion their rights ahead of Day of the African Child
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…
MINURSO Celebrates the UN Russian Language Day
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…
New commitment to end cattle raids in Greater Unity reached at UNMISS-supported conference
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…
Summer's last civil society networking meeting takes place in the UN Buffer Zone
On 11 June 2019, the last regular meeting of the NGO Networking Group was held at the Ledra Palace Hotel in the UN Buffer Zone, Nicosia. Junior Achievement-Cyprus, a nongovernmental organisation, presented their work at the…