SRSG Ziadeh meets with leaders during Belgrade trip
Foto TANJUG/ Sava Radovanović An extensive exchange of views characterised meetings held by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh during her regular visit to Belgrade. Foto TANJUG/ Sava Radovanović SRSG Ziadeh met with multiple partners during the…
BUKAVU: MONUSCO supports a project to identify motorcycle taxi drivers in an effort to combat insecurity.
As part of its support to the institutions of the Republic, MONUSCO handed over to the provincial Minister of Transport a computer kit to organize the identification of motorcyclists involved in public transport .Photo MONUSCO/Sy Koumbo. As part of its support to the institutions of the Republic…
North Kivu: MONUSCO Evacuates Critically Injured in Kasindi Attack from Beni to Goma
A total of six people were evacuated by MONUSCO helicopters from Beni to Goma for proper medical care. / Photos MONUSCO On January 18, MONUSCO evacuated to Goma the critically injured persons in the bomb attack perpetrated in a Pentecostal church in Kasindi on the border with Uganda in the territory…
More Power to the Municipality
The Khiam municipal building in southeastern Lebanon recently received its first ever solar power system, thanks to peacekeepers from UNIFIL. Thousands of local residents, including a few hundred Syrian refugees, benefit from the municipality’s support through various social and educational projects…
An all-women police unit from Egypt breaks new ground in mine action in central Mali | Action for peacekeeping
In this story series, UN Peacekeeping shows the impact of Action for Peacekeeping, which guides peace operations across 12 active missions. Story by Yaye Nabo Séne “This is an alert. This is not a test!” Commander Hossam Shafei, Chief of operations, calls out across the Douentza airfield to Major…
Two young entrepreneurs build bridges between their communities in Cyprus | Action for Peacekeeping
In this story series, UN Peacekeeping shows the impact of Action for Peacekeeping, which guides peace operations across 12 active missions. Story by Stephanie Lemesianou. Edited by Urjasi Rudra Turkish-Cypriot Burak Berk Doluay will never forget the email that started it all. The island-nation of…
Stakeholders in Terekeka agree on action plan to better protect civilians
Participants at an UNMISS workshop learning more about protection of civilians, one of the peacekeeping mission's core tasks. Photos: Taban Geofrey Koma Alfred/UNMISS CENTRAL EQUATORIA- Knowing what responsibility that belongs to whom is always a good idea, but particularly when it comes to…
Intercommunal violence in Jonglei-Pibor: UNMISS supports authorities in returning abductees
Some of the released abductees waiting to be transported back home to the Greater Pibor Administrative Area. JONGLEI/PIBOR- Following serious intercommunal clashes in Jonglei State and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has contributed to a…
Beni: MONUSCO Officials, the Territorial Administrator and Civil Society Actors Brainstorm on "How to Renew Mutual Trust"
Civil society in Beni territory says it is ready to resume collaboration with MONUSCO. Photos MONUSCO / Guilaine Kahambu Kasaya Civil society in the Beni territory, MONUSCO and the territorial administrator have agreed to resume the disrupted dialogue following the rise, over the past few months, of…
Human Rights in action – UNMIK gives human rights students briefing for 18th year in a row
About 90 human rights university students from across the world heard directly from the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Caroline Ziadeh on the human rights work UNMIK undertakes on a daily basis. The students, who visited the Mission HQ today along with Professor Marijana Grandits…
MINURSO Senior Medical Officer (SMO) on how to face health challenges in the Mission Area
On 11 January 2023, MINURSO SMO, Lt. Col. (Dr) Latifa Rahman (Bangladesh) gave a presentation on the theme: “Facing Health Challenges in the Mission Area”. Over 55 % of female UNMOs attended the virtual presentation including the Acting Deputy Force Commander, Commodore Faustina Boakyewaa Anokye…
Authorities and civil society in Greater Jonglei identify key security threats, ponder solutions
Participants at an UNMISS workshop in Bor discussed how to improve the protection of civilians in their region. Photo: Mach Samuel/UNMISS JONGLEI- Keeping people safe is a joint and permanently ongoing endeavour in any society, but to better protect civilians, one needs to know what the threats are…