With ongoing cattle raids and revenge attacks, the usually peaceful fabric of life in Ikotos, Eastern Equatoria, is in tatters. People have fled to safer areas, and many have moved out of the country itself. Community members…
With the security situation in Tambura, Western Equatoria, slowly improving after months of violence, UNMISS together with local implementing partner Anika Women's Organization, held a three-month skills training for 60…
It has been 19 years since the terrorist attack on the UN compound at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad: “the darkest day in our lives at the United Nations”, in the words of the Secretary-General at the time, Kofi Annan. The truck…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, received the new Head of the Liaison Office of Romania in Kosovo, Mr. Alin Ciocănea, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed recent…
With competing crises across the world, reduced donor funding in South Sudan has left displaced communities in Bor worried about hunger. UNMISS Deputy Special Representative and Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator Sara…
On a day-long visit to Canal in Pigi county, UNMISS Deputy Special Representative for South Sudan and Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator Sara Beysolow Nyanti met with community members, listened to their concerns, and most…
On 17 August, MINURSO raised the flag of the Republic of Indonesia at the Mission HQ in Laayoune to mark the country’s national day. Indonesia is among the top 10 troop contributing countries. Since 1957, the Republic has…
Ahead of the high-level meeting between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh calls on all sides to constructively engage in, and uphold the…
Two patrolling UNIFIL vehicles succumb to adverse road and weather conditions causing one of the vehicles to veer off the road and overturn, while the second barely manages to avoid the same fate. Four peacekeepers are…
UNIFIL’s Nepalese Battalion (NEPBATT) participated on the 15th of August in Houla’s Children Summer Camp where more than 150 children and their parents took part. The summer camp was organized by Houla’s Development Committee…
On 15 August, MINURSO raised the South Korean national flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune to mark the country’s Independence Day. Since joining the UN in 1991, the Republic of Korea has made significant contributions to the…
On 15 August, MINURSO observed the Independence Day of India by raising the country’s flag at the Mission HQ and at the Team Site Smara. India is one of the largest troop contributing countries to the UN. Since 1948 more than…
