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Maintaining momentum key to progressing peace process in South Sudan
Maintaining momentum key to progressing peace process in South Sudan
Peacekeepers partner with women in clean-up campaign in Eastern Equatoria
Wielding hoes, slashers and rakes, more than 40 women with infants strapped to their backs joined Rwandan peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) this week in a community-wide clean-up…
Female opposition soldiers in Mogok talk on being torn between war and peace
“We have a cause to fight. We don’t just enjoy being in the military, we have decided to take up arms to defend our children,” says Captain Rebecca Nya Piuudup in opposition-controlled Mogok in Greater Jonglei. Their children…
UNIFIL MTF and LAF Navy step up exercises, enhance capabilities
The UNIFIL Maritime Task Force (MTF), deployed since October 2006, has stepped up its tactical training activities with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Navy, with some 750 joint activities having been already conducted this…
SRSG Tanin holds regular consultations in Belgrade ahead of Security Council session on Kosovo
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Kosovo, Mr. Zahir Tanin, met with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić and the Director of the…
UNIFIL Head of Mission hosts LAF Commander
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col today welcomed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander, General Joseph Aoun, who visited the headquarters of UNIFIL’s eastern and western Sectors…
Renewed MINUSCA mandate takes centre stage at townhall meeting
Following the recent renewal of the MINUSCA mandate, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Mission Head, Mankeur Ndiaye chaired a townhall meeting on its implementation on 12 December at MINUSCA Logbase in…
Police officers complete training to combat sexual and gender-based violence in Kapoeta
A UN Police officer makes a point during training on how to curb SGBV in Kapoeta “Rape and child marriage are crimes… no matter the cultural justifications.” This important message was shared by Kapoeta police officer Matheus…
The power of a blue beret: a glimpse into the work of a female peacekeeper
Ragini Kumari conducts a foot patrol of a protection of civilians site while accompanied by a community elder. Ragini Kumari has many appellations. She is a devoted wife and mother of two, an avid practitioner of yoga and an…
United Nations Police Advisor supports efforts of women police officers serving in South Sudan
Female UN Police officers meeting with the UN Police Advisor in Juba, 12 December 2019 Thousands of women and children sought sanctuary in United Nations protection sites when civil war broke out in South Sudan. Six years…