- This Week in DPPA
This Week in DPPA: 3 - 7 August 2026
Peace Rooted in Coffee-Growing Communities. SRSG Souef concludes his mission on first contacts with national authorities in N’Djamena (Chad) Concluding a week of first contacts with Chadian authorities during a mission in N…
En la foto, José Viracachá, firmante de paz; Susana Castillo, lideresa víctima del conflicto y su familia. Juntos hacen parte de Asotourhepaz, que integra a 67 personas: 30 víctimas del conflicto, 14 firmantes del Acuerdo de Paz y 23 campesinos de la región. Foto UNVMC
- Reintegration
Once Roads of War, Now Routes of Peace
Ten years after the signing of the Peace Agreement, former corridors of war are emerging as routes of memory and reconciliation.
Isolated Rii-rangu families seek clean water, healthcare and safe access to farmland
RII-RANGU - For Suzy John, farming is the only way to feed her five children. But each harvest season brings fear that armed groups may force her family from their land before they can collect the crops. “We farm and harvest…
Displaced families in Udier demonstrate true resilience amidst immense hardship
UPPER NILE - In the wake of intense clashes between government and opposition armed groups, villagers across eastern Upper Nile are bearing the brunt of the impact on their shattered lives. As the violence erupted, families…
New approach to solving cattle migration conflict brings hope to Central Equatorian communities
LAINYA – “Our home is the world, our bedroom is the soft grass underneath the night sky.” Born in Darfur as member of the Fallata tribe, widely known as a sub-branch of the greater Ambororo cattle keeper community from West…
UNIFIL continues to supply local communities with essentials. Photo: UNIFIL
- UNIFIL
Lebanon: UN peacekeepers count hundreds of Israeli strikes and incursions in a single weekend
Israeli forces fired 455 projectiles into south Lebanon and breached Lebanese airspace 97 times between Friday and Sunday, the UN's peacekeeping mission in the country reported Monday – among the heaviest fire seen in months…
Maloum, Ouaka (CAR), 9 August 2026: Former combatants hand over their weapons to officials during a Disarmament and Demobilization (DDR) operation conducted by the UEPNDDRR with MINUSCA support. A total of 69 ex-combatants from the UPC and anti-Balaka groups, including one woman, laid down their arm
Disarmament in Maloum: 69 Ex-Combatants Lay Down Their Arms to Support Peace in the Ouaka
On 9 August 2026, in Maloum, Ouaka prefecture, 69 ex-combatants from the UPC and anti-Balaka armed groups, including one woman, were disarmed and demobilized by the Execution Unit of the National Disarmament, Demobilization…
- Security Council
- Security Council Press Statements
- Deputy Special Coordinator
Security Council Briefing - 11 August 2026 (West Bank).
Madam President, Members of the Security Council , Thank you for convening this important meeting on the situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. It comes at a critical moment. While the fragile…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Colombia
The Secretary-General is saddened by reports that more than 160 people have lost their lives, with many others injured, following the 7.4-ma
- Security Council
West Bank at a critical moment, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process tells Security Council
UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Ramiz Alakbarov’s Remarks to the Security Council on the Situation in the Middle East 11 August 2026 As Delivered Madam President, Members of the Security…
Resolution 1701 for peace and stability in south Lebanon
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Diodato Abagnara today said principles of Security Council Resolution 1701 – adopted exactly two decades ago and which forms basis of UNIFIL’s mandate – remain the…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Colombia
The Secretary-General is saddened by reports that more than 160 people have lost their lives, with many others injured, following the 7.4-ma