MINUSMA condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks on Mondoro and Boulkessi
Bamako, 2 October 2019 - The United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is dismayed by the toll of the simultaneous terrorist attacks on a Malian G5 Sahel unit position in Boulkessi and the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) in Mondoro, on 30 September and 1st of…
Climate Action for Peace: Young environmentalists in Kosovo unite for a better future
Safeguarding the environment became a shared language for young environmentalists from different communities across Kosovo, at the first UNMIK-sponsored multiethnic eco camp. In a picturesque spot in the Sharr mountains, 30 young people aged between 16 and 29 came together for five days to learn…
OHCHR, UNFICYP and DPO Standing Police Capacity organise three-day training for the Mission's Police Component on human rights awareness
From 1-3 October 2019, UNFICYP’s Police Component, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Police Division’s Standing Police Capacity (SPC) of the United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO), hosted a training course on human…
Arrival of New Deputy Force Commander to MINURSO
Arrival of new DFC in MINURSO On Monday 16 September 2019 Brigadier-General Constance Emefa Edjeani-Afenu (Gha. Ar.) arrived in MINURSO to take up the position of Deputy Force Commander as a replacement of the outgoing Brigadier-General (Ban. Ar.) Abu Syed Mohammod Bakir after the end of his term. A…
Indian peacekeepers spread message of non-violence and peace
UNIFIL’s Indian peacekeepers organized a series of activities with the host communities in south-eastern Lebanon this week, promoting the messages of non-violence and peace, and marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the…
Excitement in Tambura as residents read revitalized peace agreement in their language
Details of a peace agreement that for a long time seemed distant finally reached Tambura recently – for the first time – stirring excitement as residents got firsthand access to its content in their local language. “What we have heard here in Ezo today is very important because it is what we were…
Displaced younglings in Malakal learn meditation and yoga to cope with everyday distress
It’s seven o’clock on a Saturday morning in sunny Malakal. It’s mostly quiet as the inhabitants of the UN peacekeeping mission’s field office are enjoying a well-deserved rest. At the Indian field hospital, however, the atmosphere is altogether different. It’s already teeming with activity as mobile…
Implementation of South Sudan’s peace process takes key step forward as trainers of unified army graduate
A training of trainers of a South Sudan’s soon-to-be unified army concluded today, 4 October, with a graduation ceremony at the Military Training Centre in Luri near Juba. The event marks a significant step forward for the implementation of the country’s revitalized peace agreement, signed in…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 251
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 251
Phow governor welcomes returnees from Bor protection site
Over the last few weeks, the communities of opposition-controlled New Fangak in Greater Jonglei have welcomed back a significant number of their own, with internally displaced persons returning to their area of origin as they have been reassured of its prevailing peace. “Now that the security…
UNFICYP Senior Advisor and Head, Civil Affairs, visit Pyla, Famagusta Avenue Garage
On 7 October 2019, UNFICYP Senior Advisor, Aderemi Adekoya, and Head, Civil Affairs, Faylene Woolley, visited the Mission's Sector 4 where they met with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot mukhtars (mayors) of Pyla village. Both local representatives spoke frankly about the current challenges…