News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Sandra Martinez from Colombia is an international UN Volunteer serving with UNMISS in Bor, South Sudan, as a Human Rights Officer. Sandra Martinez is no stranger to armed conflict, growing up in historic Santander, a region tucked away in the northeastern part of Colombia, close to the Venezuelan…

135 elements of the Senegalese gendarmerie, including 38 women, constituting SENFPU 14, arriving in the DRC to take over from their colleagues at the end of their mission. Photo MONUSCO/Marylène Seguy After 17 months in operation instead of the 12 initially planned, a first portion of the troops of…

On 5 September 2020, UNMISS handed over a brand-new police station to local police authorities in Terekeka, Central Equatoria. The police station was built under the mission's Quick Impact Projects programme. In Terekeka, Central Equatoria, the justice system was so broken by years of war that…

“This morning, a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF) ship located at sea outside Lebanese territorial waters a boat with 37 people inside. Unfortunately, one of them had already passed away. The main priority for our peacekeepers was to rescue the remaining 36…

ITURI: MONUSCO intervenes to address starvation concerns at Bunia Central Prison Between mid-August and September 10, 2020, seven detainees were reported starving to death at Bunia central prison, in the Ituri province. Between January and September 10, 2020, altogether 52 inmates died of…

Ninety UNIFIL peacekeepers have tested positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus. The peacekeepers who have tested positive, 88 of them from the same contingent and two from another troop contributing country are in complete isolation and all the precautionary measures have been followed to prevent the…

UNMIK was one of the three UN missions presenting their best practices at the United Nations Security Council Arria formula* meeting on "Implementation of the Youth, Peace, and Security agenda by UN Peace Operations" held on 9 September. During the meeting, UNMIK Youth Advisor Iana Minochkina…

Security Sector Reform (SSR) – a prerequisite for stabilizing the whole of the Central African Republic (CAR) – has been boosted by the recruitment of over 1,000 new officers to the country’s Internal Security Forces. 800 police students were welcomed into the Central African Internal Security…

BENI : Local communities have received means and equipment for their socio-economic recovery. Photo MONUSCO/Sy Koumbo S. Gali “We received carpentry training in Mavivi as well as tools such as saws and planers which have been handed over to us today. I'm sure we're going to make a better use of them…

This morning, a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF) ship located at sea outside Lebanese territorial waters a boat with 37 people inside. Unfortunately, one of them had already passed away. A second MTF ship deployed to recover the boat later found another…

Ninety UNIFIL peacekeepers have tested positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus. The peacekeepers who have tested positive, 88 of them from the same contingent and two from another troop contributing country are in complete isolation and all the precautionary measures have been followed to prevent the…

The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in South Sudan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in South Sudan and the…