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Raising awareness on Gender-Based Violence for IDPs in Wau In a training workshop organized for internally displaced persons (IDP), participants were asked to brainstorm on acts consider to be Gender-Based Violence (GBV)…
“Perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict situations have to shape up or face prosecution,” says senior UNMISS official UNMISS Gender Affairs Officer, Ruth Kibiti, says that, “One way or the other, perpetrators of sexual…
Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today paid tribute to the women, girls, men and boys who have suffered the atrocity of sexual…
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of the development of United Nations standards for having former combatants lay down weapons and reintegrate into society, senior UN officials today highlighted how crucial the disarmament…
Photo by Salah Mohammed, UNAMID. UNAMID’s Joint Special Representative (JSR), Jeremiah Mamabolo, accompanied by Amy Martin, UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Darfur, and Major-General Fida Hussain, Acting Force Commander…
UNMIL Officer-in-Charge, Waldemar Vrey hands over office equipment to Liberia’s Chief Justice, Francis S. Korkpor, Sr. Monrovia – On 15 June 2017, the UNMIL Officer-in-Charge, Waldemar Vrey, while handing over office…
Despite progress towards peace in Mali, terrorist attacks remain a major obstacle, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping operation there told the Security Council today. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative of…
Unity state calls for children to be sent to school The Day of the African Child was celebrated together with two thousand children from Dingding Primary School in Rubkona County, Northern Liech state. The event was organized…
UNMIL Officer-in-Charge, Mr. Waldemar Vrey addresses the graduation of the Professional Magistrates Training Program at the Temple of Justice, Monrovia. Monrovia - The UNMIL Officer-in-Charge, Mr. Waldemar Vrey, today…
South Sudanese students’ celebrate Day of the African Child on UN radio To celebrate the Day of the African Child, 30 students from schools across Juba took control of the UN Mission in South Sudan’s Radio Miraya. The…
On World Blood Donor Day UNIFIL Chief, Maj Gen Michael Beary donates blood along with Brig Gen Francesco Olla, UNIFIL’s Sector West Commander. Major Nina Raduha, UNIFIL’s Slovenian Contingent commander, settles into the…
Hope for South Sudan’s younger generation Liatile Putsoa, from Lesotho recently joined UNMISS as a UN Volunteer. In this piece, she shares her personal impressions about her first visit to the Protection of Civilian (PoC)…