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To mark international women’s day, the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR) and the Turkish Cypriot University Women Association, organized a women’s walk and talk with Cypriot women from across the island on 12 March. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of…

What are the transitional justice mechanisms enshrined in the revitalized peace agreement and how can they be established? Participants at this UNMISS-led workshop in Aweil had a lot to ponder. Photo: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS NORTHERN BAHR-EL-GHAZAL STATE- Can the Chapter Five of the 2018 revitalized…

Following escalating cross-border and intercommunal clashes between Twic, South Sudan and the Abyei Special Administrative Region, UNMISS has increased its protective presence through patrols and community engagement. The main aim: To reduce tensions and begin peace dialogues among feuding parties…

Ensuring law and order is upheld requires a collective commitment from all citizens. UNMISS, in Jonglei, held a capacity-building workshop for members of the Community Watch Group, a coalition of residents at the Bor camp for internally displaced persons who contribute to ensuring the safety and…

Cambodian peacekeepers give finishing touches to a blue barrel along the Blue Line south of the Lebanese village of Yaroun on 02 November 2021. (UN Photo / Pasqual Gorriz) Long arrays of blue barrels dotted along the Blue Line – against the backdrop of beautiful natural landscape – seem picturesque…

Aλana zine was created by four young Cypriots who are taking part in the Young Leaders in Action initiative and were looking for new ways for dialogue and inclusion on the island. After participating in the initial series of workshops offered by the programme, the group came up with the idea of a…

Six years after UNMISS constructed the local fish market, through its Quick Impact Projects programme, trade is thriving but local business persons are requesting the UN Peacekeeping mission to further rehabilitate the structure. Photo by David Awuou/UNMISS. JONGLEI – The fish trade in Bor, South…

No more inspections of progress made on the rehabilitation of the road from Maridi to Yambio, because it has now been completed by UNMISS engineers from Bangladesh. WESTERN EQUATORIA - Jack Kerouac was onto something when he wrote, and titled, his cult novel On the Road: there is something…

Juba, 24 March 2022: Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan, and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has urged all signatories to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) to respect this vital…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, met with the Head of the Liaison Office of Greece, Ambassador Chryssoula Aliferi, at UNMIK Headquarters. SRSG Ziadeh and Ambassador Aliferi exchanged views on the UN support for the EU-facilitated dialogue…

Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC. Photo Monusco/ Carine Tope KINSHASA: Bintou Keita Encourages Solidarity among Women for a Better Female Leadership in the DRC The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of…

The historic Aweil Rice Scheme will soon get a facelift, thanks to the Food and Agriculture Organization,the African Development Bank and the State Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in Northern Bahr El Ghazal, announced UNMISS Deputy Chief Sara Beysolow Nyanti during a recent visit. NORTHERN…