
SRSG ZIADEH WELCOMES MEASURES TO DEESCALATE TENSIONS AND CALLS FOR RETURN TO DIALOGUE
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh welcomes all measures to deescalate tensions in northern Kosovo, including removing barricades. She acknowledges the painstaking efforts of…

Ituri: MONUSCO encourages collaboration between the population and the police to fight insecurity
Since its establishment in the DRC in 1999, MONUSCO has always been at the side of the Congolese National Police to help it reform and professionalize, while respecting human rights. How can the "crisis of confidence" between…

Secretary-General's New Year's Message 2023
Every New Year is a moment of rebirth. We sweep out the ashes of the old year and prepare for a brighter day. In 2022, millions of people around the world literally swept out ashes. From Ukraine to Afghanistan to the…

Peace and development partners launch project in Tonj funded by South Sudan Multi Partner Trust Fund for Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience
In greater Tonj, Warrap state, UNMISS, UNDP and partners have come together to launch a community stabilization project funded by the South Sudan Multipartner Trust Fund for Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience…

Special Representative of the Secretary-general wishes peace to Centrafricans
To the people of the Central African Republic, our dear hosts, As Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in the Central African Republic and Head of MINUSCA, I am honored to present to you, on…

UNIFIL Continues Cholera Education Classes
UNIFIL’s Ghanaian peacekeepers recently initiated cholera education classes in schools within their area of responsibility in south Lebanon. Their Civil-Military Co-operation (CIMIC) team met with students and teachers at…

Two-day conference between Sudanese and South Sudanese on cattle migration concludes in Renk
A two-day conference between settled farming communities in Upper Nile, South Sudan, and herders from Sudan, have led to fruitful discussions and a decision to take collective responsibility to ensure peaceful, conflict-free…

Rescue at Sea off Lebanon’s Coast
232 people were rescued by UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Navy from a sinking boat in the evening of 31 December 2022, hours after it left northern Lebanon's coast. On board the ill…

UNMISS supports establishment of women’s parliamentary caucus
The recent launch of a women's parliamentary caucus within Eastern Equatoria's State Legislative Assembly is designed to be a tangible signal to women across Eastern Equatoria – whether in their neighbourhoods, their larger…

Visiting UNMISS patrol aims to reduce heightened tensions in Eastern Equatoria over the holiday period
In Eastern Equatoria, escalating tensions between communities from neighbouring villages have led to some 1,500 people being displaced. UNMISS, in partnership with state authorities, are monitoring the situation and visiting…

Beni: Police Officers Trained in the Handling of Improvised Explosive Devices
MONUSCO trains Congolese national police officers in the handling of improvised explosive devices in Beni. "The threat is real." Police officials in Beni acknowledge that the city is still under threat from improvised…

UNMISS peacekeepers begin constructing vital road connecting Pibor and Labrab
To enable community connections and peaceful coexistence, UNMISS engineers from South Korea have begun constructing a 115-kilometer stretch of road between Pibor and Labrab, despite ongoing conflict in the Greater Pibor…