News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Photo by Salah Mohammed, UNAMID. UNAMID HIV and AIDS Unit (HAU) and various Mission components today held a march and conducted HIV/AIDS Voluntary Testing campaign at the Mission’s Headquarters (MHQ) in Zalingei, Central Darfur as part of the commemoration of World AIDS Day, globally observed on 1…

There is always plenty to discuss to maintain peaceful relations between farmers and cattle herders during South Sudan's cattle migration season. Most representatives of farmers and pastoralists in the states of Warrap and Western Bahr el-Ghazal have agreed on a number of principles of conduct to…

Exodus Academy, a small school in Juba serves a community that relies on casual work and subsistent farming. Here, education is a luxury that most families cannot afford. UNMISS has a base not far from the school. For the past few years, peacekeepers have provided what support they can, creating a…

UNMIK’s partnership and support of Kosovo’s rule of law was recognized by the Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) through an award presented to the Mission for its achievements in the development of KCS since its establishment in 1999. A ceremony to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the formation of…

Face aux exactions des groupes armés, les femmes de Djugu lancent un cri d’alarme à la MONUSCO On a visit to Ituri, David Gressly, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for Operations and Protection, went Tuesday, December 1, 2020 to…

After almost a decade-long service with UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF), assisting Lebanese Navy in securing the country’s vast territorial waters, the Mission’s Brazilian peacekeepers concluded their mission with UNIFIL before returning to home today. Also concluding the UNIFIL mission today…

Representatives from twelve political parties gathered in Aweil to discuss how to promote cooperation, social cohesion and national identity. Representatives from twelve different political parties in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have reiterated their commitment to work together to implement the…

Anna Khodos UNFICYP Staff Officer-Personnel, UNPOL Headquarters The need to recruit, train and promote more female police officers is receiving far more attention than ever before. Women are having a positive impact on law enforcement practices, not only serving in their native countries, but also…

Despite the pressures of her duties serving in the UNMISS Joint Operations Centre in Juba, Captain Stephanie Palfrey-Sneddon, an Australian peacekeeper, is using her rare spare time to lead a project to help local children access education at schools near the United Nations base. Stephanie Palfrey…

Electoral materials including ballot boxes, voting booths and electoral kits, part of a batch of electoral equipment donated by the Republic of South Africa to support the democratic process in the Central African Republic (CAR), arrived in the country’s capital Bangui on 3-4 December 2020. On hand…

38-year-old henna artist Hawa Adam starts her workday at 8:00 a.m. in the UN Protection Site in Malakal where she has established a name for herself as a henna artist. She is a single mother to six children and provides for them through her skills. Adjacent to the UNMISS base in Malakal is a…

Geetha Pious, Head of Field Office, UNMISS Juba, speaks about working in conflict zones, being a woman and shattering the glass ceiling. “People often talk about the glass ceiling in UN peacekeeping,” says Geetha Pious. “I think that the glass ceiling comes into play very early in life; societies…