About 120 school children from a non-profit charity – established in 2008 in the name of a martyred Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) official – visited UNIFIL’s Sector East Headquarters in Ibl El Saqi to know about the UN Mission…
A young victim of rape at a safe house in Monrovia. Photo: Staton Winter | UNMIL | 29 Oct 12 To address cases of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) related crimes in a speedy manner, a Special Court, with jurisdiction…
Two young Liberian women participating in UN Day celebrations at the Centennial Pavilion in Monrovia. Photo: UNMIL | 24 Oct 08 The role of a gender advisor is to promote and support gender-sensitive approaches to the…
Patients and staff at Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek rejoiced in receiving food and non-food donations from UNMISS staff. Photo: UNMISS/Eric Kanalstein Aping Kau, 20, cradles her baby boy born in the early morning…
The world needs a new approach to peace, which is why the United Nations General Assembly will hold a major meeting next week to discuss ways to foster peace by focusing on conflict prevention, mediation, dialogue and…
It is Hernawan Rizky Yudhantoro’s first deployment with an international peacekeeping operation. The Indonesian police officer serves with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), a region of…
It is Hernawan Rizky Yudhantoro’s first deployment with an international peacekeeping operation. The Indonesian police officer serves with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID), a region of…
All stakeholders in South Sudan must “engage genuinely and constructively in finding a political solution” to the conflict there, a senior United Nations peacekeeping official said at the end of her four-day visit.
Local residents and Members stand outside the Magistrates Court in Clay Ashland, Montserrado County at its opening ceremony. Photo: Staton Winter | UNMIL | 20 Jul 07 The National Policy on Decentralization and Local…
A Liberian Women’s Peace Group member performs during celebrations for the 10th Anniversary of the peace agreement at the Centennial Pavilion in Monrovia. Photo: Staton Winter | UNMIL | 19 Aug 13 In 2016, the Security Council…
The Government of Liberia has identified national reconciliation as a strategic objective for long- term peace consolidation and economic development. However, 14 years after the signing of the 2003 Comprehensive Peace…
Liberia’s economic problems began before the first outbreak of conflict in 1989. Between 1987 and 1995, Liberia’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 90 per cent, and by the 2005 elections, average income in Liberia was one…
