United Nations in Torit launches COVID-19 campaign to protect community policing members
UN police officers are conducting a COVID-19 awareness-raising campaign in Eastern Equatoria. Fear of contracting COVID-19, combined with a lack of protective gear, has put an end to patrols conducted by Police Community…
‘Necessary protection’ delivered to Kosovo's courts and correctional facilities
As part of our ongoing COVID-19 response activities, UNMIK's Justice Section has delivered hygiene and personal protective equipment to correctional facilities and courts across Kosovo. Secretariat of Judiciary Council of…
Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on 13 July 2020 by alleged Return, Reclamation and Rehabilitation (3R) armed elements against a convoy of the Multidimensional Integrated…
Ghanaian peacekeepers donate medicines for children to Akuem health facility in Aweil East County
UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana handing over medications for children to a health facility in Aweil East County. Peacekeepers from Ghana serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have made a timely donation of…
UNAMID distributes hygiene materials to IDPs in Golo as part of its fight against COVID-19
UNAMID photo. Zalingei, 16 July 2020-UNAMID Human Rights and Child Protection Section, distributed hygiene materials and dignity kits to internally displaced women, girls and other vulnerable persons in areas surrounding the…
UNMISS supports joint police force deployment to improve safety outside Bentiu protection site
Internally displaced people at the UN protection site in Bentiu are feeling much safer after the deployment of a joint police force outside its perimeter. A joint police force has been deployed outside the United Nations…
UNIFIL-supported sports facility rehabilitated
A sports complex in the south-eastern Lebanese village of Kawkaba received a major facelift recently with the support of UNIFIL Indian peacekeepers. Initially established in 2001 by Indian peacekeepers, the Sardar Patel…
Peacekeeper Killed in Southern Sudan: A rejoinder
Abyei, 15 July 2020 – The attention of United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is drawn to a news story by Radio Debanga captioned ‘Peacekeeper killed in Southern Sudan”, in which a UNISFA peacekeeper is said…
Upper Nile task force and partners help raise COVID-19 awareness and distribute face masks
Using illustrations and languages understood by most is important when raising awareness on COVID-19, like here, in Malakal. The Upper Nile State task force on COVID-19, supported by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan…
Preventing sexual exploitation and abuse among marginalized and vulnerable groups
70 members of the marginalized and vulnerable group of sex workers, represented by their association in the Central African Republic (CAR), attended an educational session on preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)…
Secretary-General message for Nelson Mandela international day
Each year, on Nelson’s Mandela’s birthday, we pay tribute to an extraordinary global advocate for equality, dignity and solidarity. Madiba was a moral giant of the 20th century, whose timeless legacy continues to guide us…
South-Kivu province : MONUSCO Has Provided the Provincial Government with Equipment to Fight COVID-19
South-Kivu province : MONUSCO Has Provided the Provincial Government with Equipment to Fight COVID-19. PHOTO MONUSCO/Alain Likota To back the provincial government’s efforts to fitht the coronavirus disease, MONUSCO donated…