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UNMIL’s new Force Commander, Maj.-Gen. Leonard Muriuki Ngondi, says the mission’s transition and the gradual hand-over of security responsibilities to Liberian security agencies is a “positive move” that empowers Liberians.…

Newly appointed Deputy SRSG for Consolidation of Democratic Governance, Aeneas Chuma told journalists on 9 January, at UNMIL’s first press conference of the year, that his first impressions of Liberia have been favourable: “I…

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Rule of Law, Louis Aucoin, has hailed the launch of a nationwide campaign to fight child rape as a momentous step in efforts to fight “a terrible scourge.” The…

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Tamrat Samuel as his Deputy Special Representative (Rule of Law) for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The new Deputy Special…

The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) offered its condolences and sympathy today to the Government of the Republic of Guinea and the family and friends of the passengers who perished this morning when their aircraft…

The Liberia National Police and UNPOL on 16 January held the first of what will be a series of press conferences this year. “Armed robbery has been reduced and LNP now maintains a no-nonsense approach toward criminality,”…

The Jordanian Formed Police Unit Two (JFPU2) in Voinjama, Lofa County, conducted a medical outreach for seventy disabled persons as part of the activities marking the celebration of the International Day of Human Rights on 10…

The Government of Liberia and the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today welcomed the launch of Liberia’s first regional justice and security hub in Gbarnga, Bong County. With funding from the UN Peacebuilding…

The Government of Liberia and the United Nations have launched the UN’s second five year strategic assistance framework for Liberia, which will be known as the UN One Programme. During the launch ceremony at the Monrovia City…

In a timely intervention by UNMIL, security personnel at the Putu Iron Ore Mining Ltd. (PIOML) in Grand Gedeh County received training in human rights and the rule of law, just as the company’s feasibility studies progressed…

UNMIL has handed over a newly renovated female cell to the staff of the Voinjama Central Prison and its female inmates. Human Rights and Protection Officer in the county, lstvan Lipniczki, said that the handover of the…

A total of 24 security personnel took part from UNMIL , agencies and missions including the World Food Programme, United Nations Support Office for AMISOM , United Nations Political Office for Somalia, United Nations…