UNIFIL firefighters assist in putting out raging fire
UNIFIL firefighters today joined Lebanese Civil Defense and the Lebanese Armed Forces in putting out raging fire in the Mazraat El Dahr village, 15 kilometres northeast of Saida. The UNIFIL firefighters from Austria, supported by Tanzanian Military Police personnel, joined the Lebanese emergency…
Report on the recruitment and use of children in armed groups in the DRC (2014-2017)
The report, “Our Strength Is In Our Youth: Child Recruitment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2014-2017”, is the product of staff of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), most particularly the Child Protection Section. The…
Teachers in Bentiu get skilled in conflict resolution and management
A teacher asks a question during the training in Bentiu. “I have been teaching for three years. Many of my colleagues abandoned their profession and ran to organizations and companies with better pay. My main objective is to bring up my brothers and sisters from the lower level because they are the…
Concerned about their representation, Wau women seek strength in unity
Women leaders in South Sudan’s Wau area have been urged to unite and be peace ambassadors as the country prepares for the formation of a transitional government in November. The appeal was made during the opening of a three-day women’s peace symposium that brought together more than 30 women leaders…
UN chief condemns deadly Burkina Faso mosque attack
UN chief António Guterres has strongly condemned Friday’s attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso, in a statement released on Saturday. According to media reports, at least 15 people were killed, and four injured in the town of Salmossi, which is near the border with Mali. The lives of hundreds…
Support 'winds of change' in DR Congo to consolidate positive developments, urges UN mission chief
Recent positive trends could help transform the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into a stable country, the head of the UN operation there told the Security Council on Wednesday. Leila Zerrougui listed some of these developments which have occurred since the installation of new President Félix…
Some progress made towards security in Mali, but still a long way to go, Security Council hears
Some progress has been made towards restoring peace and stability in Mali as outlined in a fragile 2015 peace deal, yet sustainable peace developments are not happening fast enough, the Security Council heard on Tuesday. Briefing on the Secretary-General’s latest report via videoconference from the…
UN chief urges scaled up response for peace, across troubled Sahel’s region
Humanitarian and development responses for Mali and Africa’s wider Sahel region “are falling short”, and support must be scaled up to ensure a hopeful future for its people, the Secretary-General told world leaders at a special high level meeting inside UN Headquarters on Wednesday. “The time has…
Serbian specialists train LAF on first aid techniques in hostile environments
UNIFIL Photo / WO3 Salvatore Rizza UNIFIL’s Serbian instructors specialized in first aid techniques have long been training Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel, with the focus assisting those wounded in military operations. Such training sessions – given by the instructors specialized in first aid…
Concerned over Haiti’s political crisis, Guterres promises ‘continuous commitment’
In the light of on-going instability across Haiti and this week’s transition away from fully-fledged peacekeeping operations, the UN chief on Thursday promised “the continuous commitment” of the Organization “to support the Haitian people on their path to peace and development”. This would be in the…