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Top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, welcomed the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace at the Home for Cooperation to celebrate International Day of Peace and congratulate their efforts for completing the intensive 2-week programme, which ran in collaboration with the…

Top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, welcomed the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Abdallah Bachar Bong, and his delegation this morning to the UN Protected Area. They met with several sections of the Mission and during a walk…

The prestigious United Nations medal was awarded to 149 peacekeepers from Ghana serving for peace in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan. Staff Sergeant Asare Charles, a mechanic with the Ghanaian contingent who has deployed to five previous peace operations, is one of them. Photo by Emmanuel Kele…

UNMISS recently facilitated air travel for the Joint Defence Board to Tambura and Namutina to enable them to see firsthand the impact of ongoing conflict here. Photo by Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS. Madelina Marko, a 92-year-old, is deeply disturbed by the ongoing conflict in and around Tambura, Western…

To mark International Day of Peace, UNMISS organized a debate for students from Northern Bahr El Ghazal on whether the Revitalized Peace Agreement should be taught in schools as part of the regular curriculum. Photo by Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS. Some 130 students, both girls and boys, drawn from two…

Antreas Pallikaras is a 22-year-old young Cypriot who always liked to get involved in programmes that promote conversations around the environment and climate change. When he saw the call for applications for this year’s UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme, he saw a perfect…

Boghos Avetikian is a 23-year-old Cypriot who cares about the environment in his country and tries to learn new ways to protect it. In August this year, he joined the UN Youth Champions for Environment and Peace programme and learned about environmental issues that exist on both sides of the island…

A recent workshop facilitated by the Civil Affairs Division of UNMISS in Turalei, Twic county, sought to raise awareness among youth, women, community leaders and members on the need to implement the provisions of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Photo by Manyang Mayon/UNMISS. The Civil Affairs…

UNMISS and local communities in Morobo, Central Equatoria, came together to organize a 5-kilometer run to mark International Day of Peace. Photo by Surur Ali Ayile/UNMISS. “I’m really happy to participate in this run and am proud that women took the first and the second positions,” says Cecilia…

UNPOL officers serving with UNMISS in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan, recently trained representatives drawn from local police, the prisons system and women's representatives on available support for survivors of sexual violence. Photo by Samira Y. Salifu/UNMISS “We may already be too old to effect…

An integrated UNMISS patrol travelled to Gunyoro to meet with community members and hear their concerns. Photo by Samira Y. Salifu/UNMISS. A team of integrated UN peacekeepers recently headed to Gunyoro, which lies some 20 kilometres south of Torit in Eastern Equatoria. After more than three hours…

UNMISS, through its Child Protection Section, recently trained some 25 senior commanders of South Sudanese forces in Ashwa, Eastern Equatoria, on upholding the rights of children. Photo by Moses Yakudu/UNMISS. “On behalf of my colleagues, I appeal to UNMISS to come again and sensitize us on how to…