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From vertical gardens to bolstering security of UNMISS personnel, Indian peacekeepers from the UNMISS Petroleum Platoon have found multiple, innovative ways to upcycle used plastic bottles in an effort to protect civilians as well as Planet Earth. Photo by Isaac Billy/UNMISS It’s no secret that…

MONUSCO Pays Tribute to the Blue Helmets Killed in Helicopter Crash MONUSCO paid a last tribute to the eight peacekeepers from Pakistan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Serbia who lost their lives in helicopter crash on March 29 in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The…

The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action reminds us how far we have come in clearing the world of explosive remnants of war – and how far we still have to go. Exactly thirty years ago, civil society activists came together to launch the International Campaign to Ban…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Caroline Ziadeh, welcomed Ms. Emma Lantschner and Ms. Mikko Puumalainen from the Council of Europe Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed…

From 28-31 March 2022, partnerships for the people of South Sudan reigned supreme in Malakal, Upper Nile state, as military peacekeepers and UNPOL officers from Rwanda teamed up with doctors from India, plus humanitarian partners to provide free health checks to displaced people living in the UN…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Caroline Ziadeh, met today with a delegation from the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania, led by Mr. Gazmend Turdiu, Director of the Security Council Department, at UNMIK Headquarters. SRSG Ziadeh and Mr. Turdiu…

MONUSCO Advocates for Positive Masculinity among DRC Security Forces. Photo Monusco/Carine Tope MONUSCO Gender Section organized on March 31 in Kinshasa, an awareness-raising workshop on the promotion of positive masculinities as a tool in the fight against sexual and gender-based violence. Roughly…

Residents of Yirol east in Lakes, South Sudan, have proved to be true partners at a time of need to displaced people from Panyijir who escaped devastating floods in the Unity region and sought refuge with their kind-hearted neighbours across state lines. LAKES – Climate change has hit South Sudan…

On 4 April 2022, MINURSO celebrated the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. The SRSG and Head of the Mission, Alexander Ivanko, read the Secretary-General message calling particularly all states to sign The Mine Ban Convention “to rid the world of the scourge of…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, met with the Ambassador of Turkey, H.E. Mr. Çağrı Sakar at UNMIK Headquarters. SRSG Ziadeh and Ambassador Sakar discussed political developments in Kosovo and the region.

[Near Verbatim] Your Excellency, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit, the President of Republic of South Sudan Your Excellency, Riek Machar Teny, the First Vice presidents of the Republic of South Sudan Vice Presidents, Ministers including our host, Honorable Justice Ruben Madol Arol, the Minister of Justice…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, met with the Chairman of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Mr. Lumir Abdixhiku at the LDK Office in Pristina. SRSG Ziadeh and Mr. Abdixhiku discussed political developments in Kosovo and the region.