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“The fight against Covid: MINURSO’s Bangladeshi Military Unit receives new medical equipment in Laayoune including high flow disposable respiratory masks and rapid covid test kits for distribution to the Mission’s Team Sites in the field.” “The fight against Covid: MINURSO’s Bangladeshi Military…

A two-day workshop for 25 South Sudanese women police officers in Jonglei facilitated by UNPOL officers from UNMISS dealt with rule of law and human rights issues, especially sexual exploitation. It aimed at empowering local law enforcement to deal with such cases swiftly and effectively. Photo by…

The CAN, or Early Warning System, is a community-based warning system set up by MONUSCO's Civil Affairs section. Photo MONUSCO / Force Following an alert from the local population received on Friday February 4, 2022, at around 10:30 p.m., MONUSCO peacekeepers from Bangladesh based in Amee, 120 km…

The mayor of the city of Butembo, the senior commissioner Mowa Baeki Telly, expressed the wish to see the prison authorities further strengthen collaboration with MONUSCO for the benefit of the detainees. Photo MONUSCO / Grace Assani “On behalf of the prison administration, I express gratitude to…

"The two communities were not talking to each other due to the tensions. It took a dose of goodwill on both sides to turn over the tide. Today, a new era opens before us. We have talked to each other and forgiven each other", said the two chiefs together. Photo MONUSCO / Debon Mwisa Under MONUSCO’s…

[AS DELIVERED] Chair, Honorable Ministers, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of Mr. Nicholas Haysom, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General, it is my pleasure to brief the first R-JMEC plenary of 2022. I bring you his and UNMISS’ best…

A two-day workshop facilitated by UNMISS in Kodok, South Sudan, brought together all stakeholders to convene and connect on arriving at recommendations to support newly-returned refugees reintegrate into society and rebuild their lives. Photo by Ines Surwumwe/UNMISS. UPPER NILE – Since political…

Blue Helmets from India have rehabilitated a five-kilometer stretch connecting Malakal town in Upper Nile state to the airport, thereby ensuring that trade continues, humanitarian assistance remains unhampered and communities have access to healthcare and police services. Photo by Nyang Touch/UNMISS…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, met with the Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Japan to Kosovo, Mr. Keisuke Yamanaka on 10 February 2022 at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed Japan’s and the Mission’s respective priorities in Kosovo in…

[AS DELIVERED] Chair, Honorable Ministers, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of Mr. Nicholas Haysom, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General, it is my pleasure to brief the first R-JMEC plenary of 2022. I bring you his and UNMISS’ best…

The benefits of the project also include social cohesion as the project brings together all communities. Photo MONUSCO / Rachel Kiesse Mbangu To reduce communal violence in that part of the country, a dairy cooperative set up with support from MONUSCO DDRRR community project employs roughly fifty…

UNMISS peacekeepers from South Korea recently repaired a 183-kilometer stretch of road connecting the Greater Pibor Administrative Area to Jonglei. Photo by Mach Samuel/UNMISS. JONGLEI - When South Sudan gained independence from its northern neighbor, Sudan, the country’s infrastructure, especially…