Peacekeeping news

(UN Photo / Sgt. Nartey Benard) UNIFIL peacekeepers from France and Ghana conducted last week a joint exercise to hone skills and procedures for the safe evacuation of a medical casualty in the main Ghanaian base in the…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Major General Ingrid Gjerde of Norway as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Major General Gjerde…

Amidst a period of “heightened intensity”, the UN Special Representative told the Security Council on Tuesday that the killing, displacement and suffering of the Afghan people “must end now”. More than six months after formal…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, hosted today the new Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Michael Davenport, at UNMIK Headquarters. The SRSG was accompanied by the…

A visit by Thai peacekeepers, educational material, sports equipment, chairs, fans and clothes proved a winning combination to children at a primary school in Lainya County. Peacekeepers from Thailand engineering contingent…

(UN photo/Lt. Ding Wendong) UNIFIL Chinese peacekeepers recently spent weeks rehabilitating a worn-out office complex that forms part of an agricultural centre in Tyre, south-western Lebanon. The UNIFIL support enables the…

Stakeholders in Western Equatoria State have been discussing how to make local communities more resilient and more able to cope with adverse circumstances. Photos: Denis Louro Oliver/UNMISS “For us to be more resilient, we…

This year’s World Water Day, with the theme “Valuing water”, asks: What does water mean to me? The value of water is profound and complex. There is no aspect of sustainable development that does not fundamentally rely upon it…

(UN photo / Lt. Col. Andrea Martorana) Dear friends from the Lebanese Armed Forces and Security Forces, Esteemed mayors, Fellow military and civilian peacekeepers, Good morning. Today on UNIFIL Establishment Day, we mark 43…

Marking the 43rd anniversary of UNIFIL’s establishment, Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col reiterated that UNIFIL remains as committed as ever to peace and stability in south Lebanon. Speaking…

Community leaders presiding over traditional courts in Yambio were recently trained on upholding human rights standards by UNMISS. Photo by Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS. More than 20 traditional leaders in and around Yambio in…

The Security and Gender Group (SGG) strongly condemns the shooting of Sebahate Sopi, on Sunday, 14 March in Pristina, expresses indignation at the number of women’s lives lost in Kosovo at the hands of their partners or…