How is the UNAMID transition being monitored?
To guide and track SLF implementation, the UN State Liaison Functions Data Mapping provides a data dashboard and visualization tool on SLF impact. By supporting evidence-based decision-making and data-driven planning, the…
Jonas Byaruanga: How my life of a jobless young man was changed by MONUSCO
Jonas Byaruanga: How my life of a jobless young man was changed by MONUSCO. Photo MONUSCO/JEAN-TOBIE OKALA Ten months earlier, some 20 young men from Bunia, Ituri, underwent a training in cell phone repair given by MONUSCO…
UNMISS hands over antibacterial soaps and hand washing buckets to support Eastern Equatorian communities
Soap, buckets and people wearing masks were all part of the scene as UNMISS donated COVID-19 material to local authorities in Torit. If you find yourself with less than squeaky clean hands in Eastern Equatoria, there may be…
Nepalese peacekeepers support host communities in fighting COVID-19
UNIFIL Nepalese peacekeepers donate various items to the Meiss ej Jebel Municipality. As part of the ongoing UNIFIL support to host communities in their fight against the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, the Mission’s…
UNIFIL statement on firing incidents along the Blue Line
“On Tuesday, 25 August starting around 11:00 p.m., UNIFIL observed a number of flares fired from several IDF positions along the Blue Line across from Aytarun, Ayta Ash-Sha’b, Meiss Ej Jebel, Houla, Kfar Kila and Kfar Shouba…
Peacekeepers awarded for their service during medal parade ceremony in Famagusta
On 26 August, 41 Slovakian peacekeepers from Sector Four were awarded for their contributions to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. The event took place in their headquarters, in Famagusta. UNFICYP’s Force Commander, Major…
UNIFIL Sector West upgrades milk processing and storage facility
UNIFIL Sector West peacekeepers have helped upgrade a municipal milk processing and storage facility in Aytarun, in the Bint Jbeil district of south-western Lebanon, with the donation of a new processing plant and other…
UNIFIL Sector East troops train with LAF on first aid and trauma management
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers and UNIFIL peacekeepers trained together for three days on first aid and trauma management last week in the UN Mission’s Sector East Headquarters in Ibl el-Saqi, south-eastern Lebanon. A…
Italian Contingent renovates facility for children with disabilities
UNIFIL Italian Contingent recently completed the renovation of a rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities in the village of Qana, south-western Lebanon, and handed it over to local authorities this week. The two…
Yambio youth leaders want bigger role as peace ambassadors in their communities
Youth leaders at an UNMISS-organized forum in Yambio discussing how to achieve durable peace in their communities. Youth leaders from Yambio and beyond have pledged to be ambassadors of peace in their communities. They made…
Quarterly Brief on Violence Affecting Civilians - April - June 2020
Between April and June 2020, the overall number of civilians affected by violence decreased by 8 per cent, despite an increase by more than half (52 per cent) in the number of incidents, as compared with the first quarter of…
UNMISS civilian and military peacekeepers encourage entrepreneurship among displaced women in Bentiu
Peacekeepers from Ghana use their own funds to equip more than 30 displaced women residing in the UN Protection Site in Bentiu with trading items for starting their own businesses. In a bid to motivate displaced women towards…