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SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES WEDNESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 2019 SOUTH ASIAThe Secretary-General has been following with great interest and great concern the situation in South Asia.He reiterates his strong…

A three-day conference jointly organized by United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), FAO and IOM ended yesterday in Todach 18 kms north of Abyei mission Headquarters. A total of 85 participants from both Ngok…

Veterinary experts from three Spanish universities recently completed a week-long intensive veterinary campaign to assist south Lebanese goat and cattle farmers. The visiting experts also used the opportunity to share their…

Four Dinka women kidnapped on 22 March while they were out to fetch thatch grass at Tol Mach few kilometers from Abyei town have been rescued by the Ethiopian 21st Battalion. The rescued women were yesterday handed over to…

Biel Chuol in an ecstatic embrace with his father at the Akobo airstrip after returning from the UN protection site in Bor on 8 November, 2018. When civil war broke out in South Sudan, thousands of families fled their homes…

Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special gender advocate award, it was announced on Tuesday. Secretary-General António…

A Brazilian peacekeeper serving in the Central African Republic has been selected to receive the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Lieutenant Commander Marcia Andrade Braga, a Naval officer working in…

Jubilant fans at the end of the game Animated spectators cheered the players on, in the name of peace, as a tournament that has lit up Yei town for nearly two weeks came to an end on Sunday. “I am so delighted because this…

Women and children sheltering under trees and church buildings in Yei town “It was a hard day to describe, as men in uniform surrounded our village in pick-up cars and armoured personnel carriers, shooting everywhere at…

March 22, 2019 – Women in Kosovo could influence more sustainable and lasting peace – but only if they can access high level political processes, women in Kosovo said during a joint United Nations and European Union event…

Environment officers and water and sanitation focal points from 15 United Nations peace operations around the world gathered in south Lebanon this week to see first-hand and understand UNIFIL’s successful wastewater and…