News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

The Maritime Task Force (MTF) of UNIFIL is the first and only naval operation of the UN Peacekeeping globally. For over 13 years six ships, one each from Bangladesh, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Indonesia and Turkey -- the task force works in securing Lebanese territorial waters alongside the Lebanese…

Major Ravdeep Kaur of UNIFIL (right) hands over 23 varieties of medicines to the head of Social Development Centre for the villages of Al Arkoub Union of Municipalities, Mohammad Saadi, on 29 May 2020. Photo: Corporal Gautam / UNIFIL UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers donated 23 varieties of medicines to…

Force Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, Major General Cheryl Pearce on 23 June presided over a Medal Presentation ceremony for UNFICYP Headquarters Summer Medal Parade in Cyprus. Held at the UN Protected Area within the buffer zone, the event saw 13 military officers of headquarters…

UNFICYP’s Environment & Peace-Youth Champions had a fruitful discussion and presentations on the topic.Many thanks to the Head of Kuşkor NGO, Dr Damla Beton and to the board member of SPOT, Dr Robin Snape for the valuable briefings and information shared on biodiversity and the complexity of the…

On 3 June, UNFICYP’s Gender Affairs Officer, Lauren McAlister met virtually with members of Hands Across the Divide, Cyprus’ longest standing bi-communal women’s group and the first group to put women, peace and security on the agenda in Cyprus. The group discussed the way forward for the women…

The UNFICYP Senior Advisor, Mr Aderemi Adekoya and the Senior Police Advisor, Chief Superintendent Fang Li visited Sector 1 of the buffer zone to evaluate mission operations. During the visit they were briefed at the UNPOL office by Team Leader Lieutenant Colonel Konstantyn Kolinko (Ukraine) and…

Legitimate and institutional website for fact-based information about the coronavirus and related issues: https://hr.un.org/page/coronavirus-disease-covid-19 WHO updated advice to the public: WHO dedicated WhatsApp messaging service broadcasting information on COVID19 WhatsApp links: Arabic: https:/…

Elsie Project Team in Kaga Bandoro, MINUSCA The Elsie Initiative project by the UN Office of Supply Chain Management aims to improve camp layouts, accommodations, bathrooms, recreational facilities etc. to enhance women’s participation and retention in field missions, and to improve overall safety &…

PKD 2020 - Women in Peacekeeping, A Key to Peace UNGSC devised a new way of celebrating the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May 2020 on the theme “Women in Peacekeeping – A Key to Peace”. An intense programme in English, that thanks to the communication platform Teams, brought together…

Yes, we need more women in peacekeeping The General Assembly, in its resolution 57/129, designated 29 May as the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. This is the date when in 1948 the first UN peacekeeping mission, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, or UNTSO, began…

Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID. Zalingei, 22 June- More than one million residents from five Darfur states (north, south, east, central, west) are estimated to have directly benefitted from the recently concluded month-long Street Publicity Awareness Campaign (SPAC) on the fight against COVID-19…

18 June 2020 UNAMID COVID-19 MEDIA UPDATE Situation update: UNAMID continues to implement measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As at 17 June 2020, UNAMID has sixteen cases of COVID-19 among its mission personnel including two cases in Kenya and one national staff in Khartoum. A total of…