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UN peacekeepers in Kapoeta North County having preparatory talks with two feuding communities ahead of a planned peace dialogue. Photos: Moses Yakudu “We have lost too many women and children in this new bout of violence…
UNIFIL peacekeepers operating in south-western Lebanon recently launched the “Together Against COVID” campaign as a way of streamlining ongoing UNIFIL support to the host communities in their common fight against the COVID-19…
29 Mar 2021 - 28 March 2021 marks three years since the Secretary-General launched his Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) initiative during a Security Council open debate on peacekeeping, presided by the Kingdom of the Netherlands…
The UNMISS Annual Brief on Violence Affecting Civilians raises particular concern about a sharp spike in abductions by more than 300 percent. In the photo, abducted children are being released. 31 March 2021: Community-based…
Around 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, 30 March 2021, the President of the Constitutional Court of the Central African Republic (CAR), Danielle Darlan, invited Faustin Archange Touadera to take the oath of office in Sango, then in…
Participants at a gender forum in Aweil did not forget to wash their hands. Photos: Emmanuel Kele/UNMISS “We do urge the government to give opportunities to women to lead the country. Women should take positions at all levels…
U.S. Embassy Cyprus, the Technical Committee on the Environment, and the United Nations in Cyprus (UNFICYP and OSASG-Cyprus) are extending and expanding the Youth Photo Contest in honor of World Water Day. The contest will…
A festive mood hung in the air in the courtyard of Bangui’s 4th district town hall long before the dignitaries started to arrive. Celebratory music blared out from speakers. The early arrivals – women both old and young – did…
A hundred newly appointed politicians in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State discussing how to function across party lines. Photos: Jimmy Ludanga/UNMISS Newly appointed state government officials in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State…
On the occasion of the Mother’s Day observed in Lebanon (21 March), UNIFIL Nepalese peacekeepers organized a health awareness campaign this week, benefiting women from host communities in south-eastern Lebanon. On 23 March, a…
Praising women’s fundamental contributions to peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts, the UN peacekeeping chief reiterated on Thursday that empowering women in the military remains a top priority, but to achieve this goal…
UNMISS peacekeepers lead a campaign in Eastern Equatoria State to raise awareness on harmful effects of child marriages. Photos: Samira Y. Salifu/UNMISS. A group of 45 women in Torit, Eastern Equatoria State, have renewed…