News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

On 14 August, MINURSO raised the Pakistani national flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune to commemorate the country’s Independence Day. Since 1960, Pakistan has been one of the main troops and police contributors to the UN peace operations with more than 200,000 men and women sent to 46 UN missions…

UNIFIL’s Indonesian Battalion took this year’s theme of International Youth Day, 12 August, to heart and organized an event welcoming youth from Souaneh village in South Lebanon. This year’s theme, Intergenerational Solidarity, takes its cue from the age-old problem of ageism. The World Health…

On 15 August, MINURSO raised the South Korean national flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune to mark the country’s Independence Day. Since joining the UN in 1991, the Republic of Korea has made significant contributions to the organization through peacekeeping operations, development assistance and the…

On 15 August, MINURSO observed the Independence Day of India by raising the country’s flag at the Mission HQ and at the Team Site Smara. India is one of the largest troop contributing countries to the UN. Since 1948 more than 200,000 Indian blue helmets have been deployed to 49 UN peacekeeping…

UNIFIL’s Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) participated on the 15th of August in Houla’s Children Summer Camp where more than 150 children and their parents took part. The summer camp was organized by Houla’s Development Committee, Social Development Centre, the Scouts and Houla Public School. Throughout…

Two patrolling UNIFIL vehicles succumb to adverse road and weather conditions causing one of the vehicles to veer off the road and overturn, while the second barely manages to avoid the same fate. Four peacekeepers are injured; one severely and three moderately, calling for a casualty evacuation or…

Ahead of the high-level meeting between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh calls on all sides to constructively engage in, and uphold the integrity of, the EU-facilitated dialogue process. “It is essential that a…

On 17 August, MINURSO raised the flag of the Republic of Indonesia at the Mission HQ in Laayoune to mark the country’s national day. Indonesia is among the top 10 troop contributing countries. Since 1957, the Republic has deployed more than 24,000 military and police personnel to the UN peace…

On a day-long visit to Canal in Pigi county, UNMISS Deputy Special Representative for South Sudan and Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator Sara Beysolow Nyanti met with community members, listened to their concerns, and most importantly received their heartfelt appreciation for recent demining…

With competing crises across the world, reduced donor funding in South Sudan has left displaced communities in Bor worried about hunger. UNMISS Deputy Special Representative and Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator Sara Beysolow Nyanti visited them to assess their needs and reassure them of the UN's…

It has been 19 years since the terrorist attack on the UN compound at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad: “the darkest day in our lives at the United Nations”, in the words of the Secretary-General at the time, Kofi Annan. The truck bomb killed 22 international and local staff, including the including the…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, received the new Head of the Liaison Office of Romania in Kosovo, Mr. Alin Ciocănea, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed recent political developments including the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade…