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The Liberia Moment - From Peacekeeping to Sustaining Peace, Pro-Poor Inclusive Development and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals
Liberia is at a crossroads of opportunity. A new President, H.E. George Manneh Weah, assumed office in January, and the peacekeeping mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) ends next week.
27 March 2018. Monrovia: Traditional Liberian communicators welcomes the arrival of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIL, Farid Zarif, during the popular farewell for the peacekeeping mission in the streets of Monrovia, Liberia. All these traditional communicators, members of eleven cultural organisations, have been hired by the Public Information Office in UNMIL for the past months to disseminate messages on the UNMIL termination, scheduled on March 30, and announce the United Nations, through the UN agencies, will continue to support the country on the access towards sustainable peace, education, healthcare, food security, humanitarian and development assistance.Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNMIL
Traditional Communicators bid farewell to UNMIL
The eleven groups of Traditional Communicators (TC’s) bade farewell to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) with a day of cultural singing and dancing performances, concluding almost 15 years of partnership with…
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UN Secretary-General's remarks to Security Council High-Level Debate on Collective Action to Improve UN Peacekeeping Operations
I thank the Kingdom of the Netherlands for organizing this important debate and I thank you Prime Minister Mark Rutte for presiding it. I have addressed this Council several times over the past year on peacekeeping reform. It…
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UNMIL completes its mandate in a now peaceful Liberia
Established in October 2003, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1509(2003) upon the signing of the August 2003 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the end of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
The Secretary-General welcomes the successful conclusion of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) on 30 March 2018. The Secretary-General congratulates the people and Government of Liberia for their…
The Story of UNMIL
The United Nations Mission in Liberia, established in 2003, was critical to restoring peace and security and re-establishing the democratic institutions of governance in the country, following two brutal civil wars that had…
President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Mr. George Manneh Weah | Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 5 Feb 18
Excerpts from the new President’s inaugural address on 22 January 2018 | His Excellency Mr. George Manneh Weah, President of the Republic of Liberia (2018-)
My fellow citizens, I have spent many years of my life in stadiums, but today is a feeling like no other. Today, we all wear the jersey of Liberia, and the victory belongs to the people, to peace, and to democracy.
Bibi-Masumeh Eng, the UNMIL Chief of Staff. Photo: Albert G. Farran | UNMIL | 7 Feb 18
Leading the orchestra | Bibi-Masumeh Eng, Chief of Staff
Ms. Bibi Eng, the Mission Chief of Staff, talks about her role in UNMIL, and how she has facilitated Mission activities as an orchestra conductor behind the curtain. A lawyer by training, she also has a degree in…
UNMIL uses e-diplomacy for broader reach and longer legacy | Shpend Bërbatovci
The story of UNMIL [Book]: UNMIL uses e-diplomacy for broader reach and longer legacy
With the advent of new communications technologies, peacekeeping missions are using social media to increase their reach and engagement. Whether digital diplomacy, e-diplomacy or cyber diplomacy, UNMIL’s Strategic…
Country Representative, Office of the High Commisioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Liberia , Mr. Uchenna Emoloye, representing UNMIL, at the DNA machine handover ceremony. © UNMIL / Shpend Bërbatovci
Even after UNMIL’s closure, its projects continue to be implemented
10 April 2018, Monrovia – As part of the UNMIL’s programmatic project “Support to the Liberian government in addressing impunity for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence related crimes through the government gender and justice…
The Representative of Liberia addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Liberia.
At left is Chid Liberty, co-founder of Liberty & Justice, Africa's first Fair Trade Certified apparel manufacturer.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
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Statement by the President of the Security Council
Statement by the President of the Security Council
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The Secretary-General Remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony
It is a great honour to be here today to present the Dag Hammarskjöld medal to the 128 men and women who lost their lives while serving under the UN flag.