News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

At a recent townhall meeting, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to UN healthcare personnel who are working to ensure the well-being of UN personnel during the COVID-19 crisis. As of March 2020, the United Nations has 763 healthcare personnel working in various medical facilities around…

A MONUSCO Female peacekeeper calls for an end to sexual exploitation and abuse The United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) organized an awareness-raising session on March 12 to combat sexual exploitation and abuse perpetrated by United Nations personnel…

UNMISS Medical Unit ramps up prevention measures and awareness-raising among its own peacekeepers to ensure safety of host populations and its own personnel. On this year’s World Health Day, the world faces an unprecedented challenge in the form of COVID-19. With two people having tested positive…

UNMISS and humanitarian partners are focusing on raising awareness on essential preventative measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Torit. In Torit, a town in eastern Equatoria, close to the border of Uganda, people are worried. “While the government has closed borders for the time being, we…

UNMISS Medical Unit ramps up prevention measures and awareness-raising among its own peacekeepers to ensure safety of host populations and its own personnel. On this year’s World Health Day, the world faces an unprecedented challenge in the form of COVID-19. With two people having tested positive…

The eleventh case of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Central African Republic – confirmed on 8 April 2020 by the country’s Ministry of Health – is shining a light on MINUSCA efforts to help halt the spread of the global pandemic while continuing to fulfill its mandate to protect the…

Social distancing is not a problem for farmers in Aweil, but they face other challenges caused by restricted movements to prevent COVID-19. As the Coronavirus spreads globally, farmers in the Aweil area of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal are not exempted from the impact: preventive measures taken by the…

Nicosia, 10th April 2020 – The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) confirms the first case of the coronavirus amongst its peacekeeping personnel today. The patient reported mild symptoms and was isolated immediately after testing positive for COVID-19. The individual is now being…

Mr. President, Thank you for convening this important discussion. The world faces its gravest test since the founding of this Organization. Every country is now grappling with, or poised to suffer, the devastating consequences of the COVID‑19 pandemic: the tens of thousands of lost lives; the broken…

Following the clashes which befell Birao (Vakaga prefecture) over recent months, the Government of the Central African Republic has reinforced the presence of its Armed Forces (FACA) in the area with 142 soldiers, in an effort to restore peace and stability in the region. The newly deployed troops…

UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 272 - 14 April 2020 UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 272 - 14 April 2020

Displaced populations return to their villages thanks to the improvement of the security environment Since mid-March, the displaced populations in Kamango and Nobili, in the chiefdom of Watalinga, more or less 70 km north-east from Beni, have gradually started to return home. This return, which…