News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

UNAMID photo. UNAMID’s Child Protection Unit within the Human Rights Section, recently conducted a sensitization campaign on child rights and child protection for community members and commanders of Sudan Justice Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan Liberation Movement -Transitional Council (SLA-TC) in…

The south-eastern Lebanese village of Blida, which straddles the Blue Line, has long been a flashpoint of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict. Home to a dozen olive fields, some of which sprawl across both sides of the sensitive Blue Line, the village represents a perfect epitome of the confluence of…

South Korean engineering troops serving with UNMISS are protecting residents in Bor from the effects of unprecedented floods. Engineering troops serving with the the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are constructing a second dyke to protect residents in Bor from the floods that have plagued…

Psychologists from UNIFIL Italian contingent recently organized stress management courses for Lebanese doctors and other medical personnel in south-western Lebanon, who have long been at the forefront of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The first session was organized in the city of Tyre on 17…

UNISFA’s new Force Commander and Acting Head of Mission, Major General Kefyalew Amde Tessema, recently met with senior traditional leaders of the Misseriya community led by Nazar Muktar Babo Nimir in Diffra. Photo Daniel Adekera/Major Tsegaye

Captain Thavin Khon from Cambodia used to be a teacher. Here she is back in her element, visiting a school in Aweil. Captain Thavin Khon from Cambodia is a teacher by profession and passionate about education by nature. She knows that without peace, schools rarely function, thus depriving children…

UNMISS is funding the construction of a new outpatient department for Bor Hospital, scheduled to be completed in January 2021. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is funding the construction of a new outpatient department at Bor Hospital, which will include an emergency room, a pharmacy and…

The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are happy to present a webinar session on environmental peacebuilding on 2 December 2020, at 16:00 Geneva / 17:00 Nicosia time. While environmental and climate change is affecting people…

Following her arrival in Mali on November 12, 2020, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina J. MOHAMMED, visited Mopti in the country's center the day after. A visit of solidarity to the 500 members of the Network of Committed Women, beneficiaries of two empowerment projects funded…

Violence against women and girls is a global human rights challenge. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed this issue as a global emergency requiring urgent action at all levels, in all spaces and by all people. The social and economic fallout from the pandemic is disproportionately pushing…

Voter education took centre stage at a training workshop for leaders of civil society organizations who will engage with the electorate in the run-up to the upcoming elections in the Central African Republic (CAR). The “Support project for the electoral process” four-day training series was jointly…

U N I T E D   N A T I O N S                                 N A T I O N S   U N I E S       THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAYFOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 25 November 2020 Violence against women and girls is a global human rights challenge. The COVID-19…