News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

A patrol of military and civilian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reached communities in Pieri, in northern Jonglei, who were affected by a series of intercommunal clashes at the weekend. The team is investigating reports that many people were killed, injured…

Indian peacekeepers based in Malakal and serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have organized a free veterinary and vaccination camp to maintain the health of thousands of vital cattle in the area. They also held a session on how to keep local communities safe from the COVID-19…

As custodians of the buffer zone UNFICYP is committed to minimizing our carbon footprint and preserving our shared environment. With the onset of a hot dry summer in Cyprus UN peacekeepers from the UK clear patrol tracks of fire hazards allowing patrols to continue uninterrupted.

UNIFIL Spanish Contingent donated 16 laptops and four boxes of clothes to Social Development Centres (SDCs) of the south-eastern Lebanese villages of El Adeisse, El Khiam, Majdal Silim and Meiss Ej Jebel, yesterday. The Spanish donation follows requests from the local communities, and forms a part…

Court hearings for more than 118 young people on remand for alleged criminal activity have been completed at the Juvenile Reformatory Centre in Juba. The hearings began on 25 March as part of a national effort to reduce the backlog of juvenile cases awaiting trial and to decongest the Juvenile…

Catherine Amboga-Rimmele, a UN Volunteer working with the Civil Affairs Team at the UNMISS Field Office in Malakal started an innovative project to produce face masks with the help of her colleagues from UNMISS as well as humanitarian partners. Catherine Amboga-Rimmele, a Kenyan-born UN Volunteer…

Meet Marilena, a nurse who works in a public hospital in Nicosia and a married mother with a two-year-old child.While most people are sheltering at home during the health crisis, healthcare workers remain on the frontline of responding to the Coronavirus pandemic.Speaking to UNFICYP, Marilena…

Meet Şerif, a university lecturer, clinical psychologist and mother to a young son. Şerif spoke to UNFICYP about the blurring boundaries of work and home life during the pandemic. As a new mother, she had initially welcomed the chance to spend extra time with her son, however the increased…

By Pamela Caracciolo The world is facing the COVID-19 pandemic, an invisible enemy that is transcending race, religion, geography and gender. Currently, I am combatting this difficult situation as a UN Peacekeeper with UNFICYP, the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. No matter where I am, whether in…

The message of the UNSG, António Guterres, on Africa Day This year, the world marks Africa Day under extremely difficult circumstances as we grapple with the global COVID-19 pandemic, which threatens to derail progress by African countries towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and the…

UNFICYP welcomes today’s discussion between the leaders and their decision to ease restrictions at the crossing points. We stand ready to assist the sides and the bi-communal Technical Committee on health on the way forward as the situation allows. End.

“No country, no community, is able to solve the complex problems of our world alone. We need to come together, not only to talk, but to listen. We need your opinion, your strategies and your ideas for us to be able to deliver better for the people of the world that we must serve.” UN Secretary…