Peacekeeping news

UNFICYP’s Environment & Peace-Youth Champions had a fruitful discussion and presentations on the topic.Many thanks to the Head of Kuşkor NGO, Dr Damla Beton and to the board member of SPOT, Dr Robin Snape for the valuable…

On 3 June, UNFICYP’s Gender Affairs Officer, Lauren McAlister met virtually with members of Hands Across the Divide, Cyprus’ longest standing bi-communal women’s group and the first group to put women, peace and security on…

UNMISS Protection of Civilians (PoC) Sites Update No. 283 - 12 -18 June

A joint UNMISS patrol handing over face masks to the COVID-19 taskforce in Tambura, Western Equatoria. As part of its support to the state-led fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has…

Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID. Zalingei, 22 June- More than one million residents from five Darfur states (north, south, east, central, west) are estimated to have directly benefitted from the recently concluded month…

ITURI: MONUSCO Rehabilitates a vital bridge to promote trade and improve the population's safety It took three weeks for the MONUSCO Nepalese military engineers to refurbish the Kolomani bridge on the road from Bunia to…

Legitimate and institutional website for fact-based information about the coronavirus and related issues: https://hr.un.org/page/coronavirus-disease-covid-19 WHO updated advice to the public: WHO dedicated WhatsApp messaging…

We, the undersigned members of the Security and Gender Group, demand that women’s meaningful participation is ensured in the Pristina delegation, participating in the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue for normalization of relations…

One of the biggest challenges faced by health authorities around the world is finding a safe space to isolate, monitor and treat patients suffering from COVID-19. In South Sudan, this is even more difficult because of the…

18 June 2020 UNAMID COVID-19 MEDIA UPDATE Situation update: UNAMID continues to implement measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As at 17 June 2020, UNAMID has sixteen cases of COVID-19 among its mission personnel…

“We did not have an ambulance before. This ambulance is going to bring a lot of changes to how we operate here. Now we can go out to the counties and directly respond to COVID-19 cases.” This was the grateful message shared…

Tanganyika : MONUSCO encourages Districts Leaders to Collaborate with Police in the Fight against Insecurity. To build and strengthen trust between local actors and the Congolese National Police in the protection of civilians…