News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Zalingei, 30 December 2019- UNAMID welcomes the framework agreement signed between the Transitional Government of Sudan and the Darfur armed movements (Darfur Track) during the peace talks in Juba, South Sudan, on 28 December 2019. The agreement demonstrates progress in advancing the peace process…

Hey ho, off to joint training we go! Soldiers from government and opposition forces near Wau moving to training centres to initiate the formation of a unified army. “Today, all the forces and I are happy, because this ends the war and suffering of our people. Now there is peace because we [military…

Zalingei, 3 January 2020- The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is deeply concerned by reports of intercommunal violence in West Darfur that left 65 people dead and approximately 54 injured, displaced thousands of civilian population, destroyed shelters and burnt…

The UNSG's message for 2020 Against the backdrop of persistent inequality, rising hatred, “a world at war and a warming planet”; with climate change as “a long-term problem” and “a clear and present danger”; Secretary-General António Guterres said in his New Year’s message that “we cannot afford to…

UN Secretary-General’s 2020 New Year’s Message From here at the United Nations, I join you in welcoming the New Year. We enter 2020 with uncertainty and insecurity all around. Persistent inequality and rising hatred. A warring world and a warming planet. Climate change is not only a long-term…

UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters in Shamaa, south Lebanon, today organized an exhibition of handicrafts and Lebanese cuisine with the aim to promote women-run local businesses in the UN Mission’s area of operation. Around 13 women cooperatives and local associations from UNIFIL Sector West’s area of…

Lots of pieces of information about human rights principles and the revitalized peace agreement were handed out to opposition forces in the Kapoeta area. “We are working day and night to respect and promote human rights in our camps and all territories we control in the Kapoeta area,” assures Major…

Implementation of the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday. Jean-Pierre Lacroix updated ambassadors on developments in the West African country, where a UN operation, known by the French…

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the UN peacekeeping operation in the country, MONUSCO, are being urged to develop a comprehensive joint strategy to address insecurity in Beni territory, located in the east. The recommendation follows an independent assessment into…

UNIFIL French firefighters trained with 16 Lebanese civil defense volunteer firefighters with particular focus on disaster relief management and road rescue in their main base in Dayr Kifa, south Lebanon, last week. During the 16-17 January training programme, French and Lebanese rescue teams were…

UNIFIL and local officials gathered last week at a public school in a south Lebanese village to mark the completion of a “peace square” built over the past five months by the Mission’s peacekeepers from China. Following request from Al Majadil Public School, UNIFIL Chinese peacekeepers started the…

UNIFIL’s Italian and Finnish peacekeepers conducted a joint training last week with the aim of enhancing interoperability, reactivity and flexibility during joint operations while serving for peace in south Lebanon. From 6 to 10 January, UNIFIL Sector West’s Mobile Reserve composed of Italian Army…