News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

On 10 July, MINURSO marked the celebration of Mongolia’s State Flag Day at the Mission’s Team Site Tifariti where one of MINURSO’s Mongolian peacekeepers is posted. This year, Mongolia celebrates the 20th anniversary of the country’s contribution to the United Nations peacekeeping which started 2002…

On 9 July MINURSO hoisted at the Mission HQ the national flag of Argentina to mark the country’s Independence Day. Since 1958, Argentina has contributed more than 40,000 military and police personnel to UN missions—including over 12,000 to UNFICYP alone. Currently, Argentinian peacekeepers are…

On 6 July, MINURSO observed Malawi Independence Day by hoisting the national flag at the Mission HQ next to the UN flag. Malawi first contributed troops to the UN peacekeeping in 1994. Today, Malawi contributes over 900 uniformed personnel across United Nations missions in Africa. In 2022, the…

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) personnel and UNIFIL peacekeepers from both the Republic of Korea and Italy recently took part in a five-day joint training exercise in Tyre, south Lebanon. The training aimed to refine procedures to help UNIFIL and the LAF work better together in UNIFIL’s area of…

“I recall the civil war in Liberia vividly,” says Elfreda Dennice Stewart, a United Nations Police (UNPOL) officer serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). “My parents managed - with many sacrifices on their part - to put me through high school during a time of great turmoil in my…

The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their support to national and regional efforts to promote peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region, building on the commitments made by the countries of the region under the Peace, Security and…

Some 35 women, and five male gender champions, joined a two-day workshop to discuss ways to boost full and equal participation of women in politics, leadership and decision-making. Photo by Samira Y. Salifu/UNMISS EASTERN EQUATORIA – In 2018, when parties to the conflict in South Sudan inked the…

Captain Lavallee serving in Mahbas area where she performs daily ground patrol observations. On 14 July MINURSO hoisted the national flag of France at the Team Site Mahbas and Mission’s Headquarters where both of the French female military observers in the Mission are posted [ link to photo gallery]…

Kinshasa: Women's political participation at the center of exchanges between the head of MONUSCO and an advocacy mission. Photo Monusco/Carine Tope A dozen women from the countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), of the African Union, supported by UN Women and led…

“The sky is not the limit, and I encourage you all to dream big and allow your passion to drive your life path,” said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh in her remarks at the historic grand opening of the Pristina Observatory. On 13 July…

Juba, 15 July 2022: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is deeply concerned about deadly cattle raids over the past few days, by armed youth in the area around Kapoeta North in Eastern Equatoria State, reportedly resulting in scores of people killed, injured, abducted, and the theft of livestock…

Armed conflict displaced thousands of people from greater Tambura. Some of them have now returned, looking to resume their normal lives. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS WESTERN EQUATORIA- In recent times, the citizens of the green fertile land of greater Tambura have faced approximately six months…