UNIFIL implements robust and strict peacekeepers’ rotations system
In early April this year, as cases of COVID-19 Coronavirus spiked world over, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres suspended all rotations of uniformed peacekeeping personnel until 30 June 2020. This robust measure was strategically taken in order to mitigate the risk of…
North Kivu: MONUSCO set to improve the quality of the health care provided by North-Kivu health centre to the PNC in Goma
MONUSCO's quick-impact project consists of the expansion of the existing delivery room and the construction of a neonatology room and an emergency unit within the PNC health centre in Goma. Photo MONUSCO / Ado Abdou On July 29, 2020, Omar Aboud, chief of MONUSCO/Goma Petit Nord office, and General…
Bunia central prison provided with a fence wall and two watchtowers
Bunia central prison provided with a fence wall and two watchtowers. Photo MONUSCO MONUSCO Office Chief in Ituri, Josiah Obat, officially handed over to the Ituri Provincial Government on Friday, July 31, 2020 a concrete 430-linear meter and 3-meter high fence wall, and two watchtowers or…
Civil society, political stakeholders, community leaders in Western Bahr el Ghazal attend UNMISS-organized peace forum, find ways to work together despite COVID-19
UNMISS recently organized a day-long forum in Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan for political stakeholders, community and religious leaders as well as civil society actors to widen engagement with the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Keeping up momentum regarding the ongoing peace process in South…
Cycle of support: mask donations delivered by youth volunteers on bikes
Young cyclists delivered more than 600 reusable masks to 200 Albanian, Serbian, Roma and Ashkali families in Lipjan/Lipljan with UNMIK support. The activity was organized by the United Youth Task Force a multi-ethnic network of young peacebuilders who are conducting an awareness-raising campaign on…
UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana train some 70 young people in computer skills, hand over computers to youth centre in Bentiu
UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana hand over computers to a UNDP-constructed youth centre in Bentiu. COVID-19 continues to cast a shadow over South Sudan, impacting children and youth greatly. To mitigate some of the effects of the virus in the Unity region, UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana recently…
Using the law to promote social change: Yashaswini Mittal, UN Volunteer
Yashaswini Mittal, a United Nations Volunteer with UNMISS, works as a Judicial Affairs Officer with the mission’s Rule of Law Section. In the picture, Yashaswini and her colleagues hold up t-shirts during the annual commemoration of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in Juba, South…
UNIFIL statement on the explosion in Beirut
As a result of a huge explosion that rocked Beirut Port this evening, one of the UNIFIL ships of the Maritime Task Force docked in the port was damaged, leaving some UNIFIL naval peacekeepers injured – some of them seriously. UNIFIL is transporting the injured peacekeepers to the nearest hospitals…
Calls for an end to gender inequality and impunity as traditional leaders gather in Wau
Traditional leaders gathered in Wau engaged in important talks about reconciliation, conflict management, gender equality and a culture of impunity. Traditional leaders in Western Bahr el-Ghazal have identified more balanced gender roles and an end to a culture of impunity as key factors to achieve…
Rule of law actors in Eastern Equatoria agree reducing crime is top priority at forum organized by UNMISS, UNDP
The police component of UNMISS and UNDP jointly organized a forum on crime prevention in Torit, Eastern Equatoria. Reports of increased criminality and organized gangs in Torit, Eastern Equatoria, putting civilians at risk has led to local law enforcement actors and rule of law partners developing…
Women in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal region call for stipulated 35 per cent political representation
Participants at a forum discussing the implementation of the peace agreement, including the provision of 35 per cent political representation for women. Women in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State call for the implementation of 35 per cent political representation, as stipulated in the revitalized peace…
Security Council Committee concerning Central African Republic Adds One Individual to Its Sanctions List
On 5 August 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013)concerning the Central African Republic approved the following individual to be added to its list of individuals and entities: A. Individuals CFi.014 Name: 1: BI SIDI 2: SOULEMAN 3: na 4: naTitle: na…