News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

On 13 March 2020, Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, met Mr. John Kennedy Mosoti, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Country Director for North Macedonia and Serbia and Director for Kosovo, at UNMIK…

The crucial role of women in peace building was highlighted as International Women's Day was celebrated in Juba. South Sudanese girls and women in Juba celebrated International Women’s Day by highlighting their achievements and contributions to sustainable peace. As they did so, the also used a…

UNIFIL, its strategic partner the Lebanese Armed Forces and fellow peacekeepers today paid their last respect to Corporal Volodymyr Rybontchouk of the UN Mission’s French Contingent who tragically passed away on Friday in a road accident while serving for peace in south Lebanon. A member of UNIFIL…

Women in uniform in the Central African Republic are counting on a newly launched Defence Forces Official Directory of Female Experts to help push for better representation of women in decision-making positions. The document, produced with MINUSCA support, was handed over to Prime Minister Firmin…

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col was joined by Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) representatives and fellow peacekeepers at a somber ceremony in the Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut today to bid farewell to a Nepalese peacekeeper who died last week in a…

Oath of office in one hand, the other on a Bible or Quran as 35 ministers and ten deputies were sworn into South Sudan's new cabinet on 16 March. The cabinet of South Sudan’s revitalized transitional government of national unity has today been sworn in at the State House in Juba, at a ceremony…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on 15 March 2020 by anti-Balaka elements against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Grimari (prefecture of Ouaka), in the centre of the Central African…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by anti-Balaka elements against local officials on 15 March in Grimari, Ouaka Prefecture. United Nations peacekeepers confronted the attackers and one Burundian peacekeeper was killed. The Secretary-General expresses his deepest…

UN trains Congolese troops in human rights for a better protection of civilians A series of human rights training courses have been organized since last February by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in Beni, north…

Ox ploughs have been delivered to women's groups in Rumbek North to enable the cultivation of larger areas. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, has begun a campaign to resettle returnees who were displaced during last year’s intercommunal clashes living in the Rumbek North area. “We…

Previously displaced children have returned home to Gunyoro. Schooling has resumed, albeit under challenging circumstances. More than 190 children returning to Gunyoro village near Torit in Eastern Equatoria have resumed school activities, albeit under difficult circumstances. “During the 2016…

Police officers in Eastern Equatoria learning about human rights laws and principles. Fifty officers serving with the South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) in Eastern Equatoria have enjoyed a training session to improve their criminal investigative skills and further their understanding of…