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UNIFIL Indonesian peacekeepers donated nine varieties of critical medical supplies to the local dispensary of the south-eastern Lebanese village of Adchit Al-Qusayr last week. The 19 June support followed a request that the village dispensary was facing “acute shortage” of certain drugs. Civil…

The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is deeply disturbed by the content of a video circulating on social media. The behavior seen in it is abhorrent and goes against everything we stand for in terms of the values of the United Nations and the standards of conduct of its personnel. Upon…

THE SG MESSAGE MARKING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, I send my warmest greetings to “we the peoples”. Those first three words of our founding Charter, adopted 75 years ago today, give the United Nations…

MONUSCO pays Tribute to the Peacekeeper killed by Armed Men in Beni MONUSCO paid tribute to Sergeant Major Wahyudi Rama from the Indonesian contingent, killed on June 22, in an attack by armed men not far from the Semuliki bridge, on the road to Beni-Kasindi, the territory of Beni, North Kivu…

Radios are useful for making sure that remote communities receive essential information on COVID-19. Solar-powered radios are even better. In Eastern Equatoria, radio is a crucial way of reaching out to people with essential information on COVID-19 and other important topics, but access to…

Residents of Twic County, Warrap State are urging the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to increase its assistance in fighting the Coronavirus. They made their call when a team from the peacekeeping mission visited the area to assess the general security situation and humanitarian…

Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General Christopher Coleman, North Mitrovica Principle Executive Officer Adrijana Hodžić, Zubin Potok Mayor Srđan Vulović Survivors of gender-based violence in northern Kosovo can finally find safe refuge close to home. After two years of efforts, Deputy…

A new courtroom in the Mitrovice/Mitrovica region is the latest step in continued improvements in access to justice for its residents. The new courtroom at the Basic Court of Mitrovicë/Mitrovica courthouse in South Mitrovica was inaugurated on June 25 by the Court’s President, Judge Nikola Kabašić…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has handed over a vehicle meant to be used as an ambulance to the COVID-19 taskforce committee in Torit. The car will enable safe movement of suspected Coronavirus patients to isolation centres. “I imagine what we would have had to go through had UNMISS not…

United Nations peace operations work to promote and maintain international peace and security, despite facing innumerable challenges while delivering on its mandates. To ensure that peace operations as a whole remain agile, nimble and fit for purpose, peacekeepers must be ready to deploy at very…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon, Nassif Hitti, today visited the UNIFIL Headquarters as well the Mission’s area of operations and the Blue Line accompanied by over 30 young Lebanese diplomats, to see first-hand the work carried out by the Mission in coordination with the…

The Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres From COVID-19 to climate disruption, from racial injustice to rising inequalities, we are a world in turmoil. At the same time, we are an international community with an enduring vision – embodied in the United Nations Charter, which marks…