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Second anniversary of the Abidjan Declaration on the eradication of statelessness | UNHCR
Monrovia, Liberia, 25 February 2017 – Liberia is today commemorating the second anniver-sary of the Abidjan Declaration on the eradication of statelessness. The Declaration, adopted on 25 February 2015 by the Member States of…
UNMIL hands over database on inmates
Monrovia – UNMIL through its Quick Impact Project has handed over electronic data on inmates in all correction facilities in Liberia to the Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation (BCR). “This marks another milestone in…
UNMIL supports the review of the Liberia's National Security Strategy
Monrovia - On 27 February 2017, the UNMIL Police Commissioner (PC) attended the Senior Leadership Working session on the final draft of the National Security Strategy. Around 40 participants from the Ministries of Justice…
Medical physicists and technicians setting up a patient ahead of radiotherapy treatment at the Yangon General Hospital, Myanmar. IAEA/Miklos Gaspar
Secretary-General's Message on International Women's Day -2017
International Women's Day 2017 Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and reversed…
Awareness campaign on Sexual and Gender-based Violence at the Monrovia Central Prison supported by UNMIL
UNMIL Corrections and Gender Units today supported Liberia Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation to hold an awareness forum on the Sexual and Gender-based Violence at the Monrovia Central Prison. The event sensitized…
The Secretary-General’s Report on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A New Approach New York, 9 March 2017
The Secretary-General today released his report on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: A New Approach for consideration by the General Assembly.
UNMIL hands over equipment to Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency
Monrovia – On 10 March 2017, UNMIL handed over communication and information technology equipment to the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) with the aim of strengthening the capacity of DEA enabling the decentralization of…
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Liberian Government dedicates Du-port road community memorial site
Monrovia - On 8 March 2017, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf dedicated the Du-port Road Community Memorial in Monrovia. According to the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INHCR), the Memorial was built to serve…
UNMIL DSRSG calls for quick passage of Liberia Land Rights Act
The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG) for Peace Consolidation, Yacoub El Hillo today called on Liberia to expedite passage of the Land Rights Act. “There is risk of returning to conflict if…
Michael Page, Head of Security Sector Reform Unit at UNMIL address participants at the opening of a five-day training session on Gender and Security Sector Reform on 20 May 2017 at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Monrovia.
Training on Gender and Security Sector Reform kicks off in Monrovia
Monrovia - A five-day training session supported by UNMIL on Gender and Security Sector Reform started today at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Monrovia. It gathered 40 gender coordinators and focal points…
UNMIL supports the Security Sector Reform Think Tank
Monrovia - On 16 March 2017, UNMIL supported the Security Sector Reform (SSR) Think Tank of the University of Liberia to convene an open dialogue to discuss the democratic governance of the security sector. Around 35…
The Secretary-General Remarks at the Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Racial Profiling and Incitement to Hatred, including in the context of migration
21 March 2017 [as delivered] As the President of the General Assembly just referred, this day reminds us that in 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa, 69 unarmed protestors were killed in a peaceful protest against the…