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UN donates essential non-food items to Malakal prisoners
UN donates essential non-food items to Malakal prisoners The United Nations Mission in South Sudan in cooperation with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, have donated blankets, mosquito nets and other essential non-food supplies…
UN strongly condemns terrorist attack on Kabul hotel
Senior United Nations officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres as well as the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) have strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a hotel in the country's…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.188
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.188
Liberia: UN welcomes new President’s inauguration as key milestone on country’s road to success
George Weah was inaugurated on Monday as the new President of Liberia, where the United Nations is set to close its peacekeeping mission in a few weeks after a successful 15-year presence in the West African country. The new…
UN flag no longer offers ‘natural’ protection to peacekeepers, says report on mission casualties
The United Nations should change the way it does business in high-security risk peacekeeping operations, as the UN flag no longer offers ‘natural’ protection to mission personnel, according to a new report, which calls for…
Gok community to urge unconditional disarmament of civil population
Gok community to urge unconditional disarmament of civil population The community of Gok in the Greater Lakes area has decided to urge its civilian residents to unconditionally hand over their guns to help ensure durable…
Nepalese peacekeepers treat 400 patients in Greater Lakes area
Nepalese peacekeepers treat 400 patients in Greater Lakes area Nepalese peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have conducted two medical camps, in Cueibet and Bunagok in the Greater Lakes area…
Haiti: MINUJUSTH police called to carry the ‘No Excuse’ pocket card on sexual exploitation and abuse
On 13 December 2017, Brig. Gen. Georges-Pierre Monchotte, the United Nations Mission for Justice in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) Police Commissioner, gathered his section chiefs, heads of the Formed Police Units (FPU), contingent chiefs…
Amid growing insecurity, time to reassess UN peacekeeping presence in Mali, Security Council told
Against the backdrop of worsening security in Mali’s central regions and with presidential elections just six months away, a senior United Nations official on Tuesday said it is time to reexamine the configuration of the UN…
Lebanese security officers train with Italian peacekeepers on precision shooting
UNIFIL’s Italian Paratroppers “Folgore” Brigade trained last week with 16 officers from the Lebanese General Directorate of State Security (GDSS) in precision shooting over long distances. The “sharpshooter skills” course…