Peacekeeping news

This year’s International Day of Peace comes at a crisis point for humanity. COVID-19 has turned our world upside-down. Conflicts are spinning out of control. The climate emergency is worsening. Inequality and poverty are…

At a three-day retreat in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, politicians, women's representatives, community leaders and youth groups unanimously agree to eschew underage marriage. Photo by Gideon Sackitey/UNMISS Cultural…

Two new Police Community Relations Committees have been formally inaugurated in Bor county, Jonglei state. These Committees help local law enforcement be more efficient and effective plus engender community ownership of law…

A dialogue-based forum organized jointly by UNMISS and state authorities in Malakal aimed at building trust between citizens and local uniformed personnel through open dialogue. Photo by Samuel Adwok/UNMISS. A two-day…

Juba, 19 September 2021: A joint delegation of international partners to the peace process in South Sudan visited Tambura, Western Equatoria State on 16 September 2021, to encourage peaceful solutions to the conflict that has…

Top United Nations official in Cyprus, Elizabeth Spehar, welcomed the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, Abdallah Bachar Bong, and his delegation this morning to the UN Protected…

Some 60 members of South Sudanese armed forces were sensitized on implementing the action plan to end grave violations against children at a two-day workshop facilitated by UNMISS in the country's capital, Juba. Photo by…

UNPOL officers deployed to UNMISS in Warrap recently conducted a refresher training on policing for 12 of their national counterparts in Warrap. The objective is for these officers to trickle down their learning to other…

Gizem Oner is a 25-year-old Cypriot activist with a passion for environmental sustainability and a vision that seeks to build a better world for future generations. In August this year, she joined the UN Youth Champions for…

Eva Psalti is a 21-year-old young Cypriot with a vision for improving the future of her country and who works hard to convince people to be more conscious about the environment. In late August she joined this year’s newly…

The United Nations announced on Wednesday that all Gabonese military units deployed to the peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA, are to be sent home immediately, following credible reports alleging that…

[AS DELIVERED] Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in South Sudan. On 12 September, South Sudan marked the three-year anniversary of the revitalized peace agreement…