UNMISS Conduct and Discipline Team trains community focal points in Torit on preventing sexual exploitation
19 community focal points received a refresher training facilitated by UNMISS on preventing sexual exploitation and abuse in Torit, Eastern Equatoria. Photo by Okello The Conduct and Discipline Team of the United Nations…
Working together, from a distance: Women in Kosovo sew almost 200,000 masks for distribution.
This spring, 177 women and 23 men from different communities across Kosovo worked together towards a singular goal: creating thousands of protective cloth masks for distribution throughout Kosovo. Whether from their kitchen…
UNMISS and UNDP jointly support review of Police-Community Relations Committees to bolster protection of civilians
UNMISS and UNDP have jointly embarked on reviewing Police-Community Relations Committees across Jonglei and Greater Pibor to ensure increased community ownership of law and order. This is part of a nation-wide revision of…
Cadets from unified forces in Maridi benefit from UNMISS training
UNMISS recently facilitated a training for 50 South Sudanese uniformed personnel on human rights, international humanitarian law and building trust among civilian populations in Maridi, Western Equatoria. Photo by Martin Siba…
UNMISS conducts three-day peace workshop in Tambura following recent upsurge of violence
UNMISS together with partners held a three-day peace forum in Western Equatoria to build trust and confidence following a recent spate of armed attacks in and around Tambura. Photo by Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS. “Now more than ever…
MINUSCA capacity boosted by arrival of additional Rwandan Peacekeepers
The UN peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomed 300 Rwandan peacekeepers on 3 August 2021. Deployment of the additional boots on the ground is aimed at strengthening the Mission’s capacity. The…
UNMISS welcomes the swearing-in of members of Transitional National Legislature
Juba, 4 August 2021: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan welcomes the swearing into office of 504 members of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly and 84 members of the Council of States as a…
Central African Republic: UN report calls for urgent end to mounting human rights abuses and violations
GENEVA / BANGUI (4 August 2021) – A UN report published today details the dire and worsening human rights situation over the past year in the Central African Republic (CAR), where armed groups carried out a violent bid to…
Spanish peacekeepers extend firefighting support to Civil Defence Centres
UNIFIL’s Spanish peacekeepers provided a range of firefighting equipment to 10 Lebanese Civil Defence Centres (CDCs) in south-eastern villages last week. The support is crucial especially during the ongoing dry season when…
UNIFIL statement on rocket fire on 4 August 2021
Just after noon today, UNIFIL received reports that at least two rockets had been fired from Lebanon towards Israel. The IDF confirmed the reports and responded with artillery fire. UNIFIL’s Head of Mission and Force…
UNMISS hands over much-needed healthcare facility in Western Bahr El Ghazal
UNMISS recently handed over a primary healthcare centre in Mboro, Western Bahr El Ghazal, thereby ensuring that residents of this remote area finally have access to basic health facilities. Photo by Dawit K. Tedla/UNMISS. A…
North Kivu: MONUSCO raise awareness of 200 students on gender-based sexual violence
Jean-Guy Isaya, team leader of police officers specializing in gender-based sexual violence at UNPOL, interacts here with some students from the Don Bosco Ngangi Institute in Goma. / Photo: Kevin Jordan MONUSCO (UNPOL) Police…