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Representatives from twelve political parties gathered in Aweil to discuss how to promote cooperation, social cohesion and national identity. Representatives from twelve different political parties in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal…

Anna Khodos UNFICYP Staff Officer-Personnel, UNPOL Headquarters The need to recruit, train and promote more female police officers is receiving far more attention than ever before. Women are having a positive impact on law…

Face aux exactions des groupes armés, les femmes de Djugu lancent un cri d’alarme à la MONUSCO On a visit to Ituri, David Gressly, Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

After almost a decade-long service with UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force (MTF), assisting Lebanese Navy in securing the country’s vast territorial waters, the Mission’s Brazilian peacekeepers concluded their mission with UNIFIL…

There is always plenty to discuss to maintain peaceful relations between farmers and cattle herders during South Sudan's cattle migration season. Most representatives of farmers and pastoralists in the states of Warrap and…

UNMIK’s partnership and support of Kosovo’s rule of law was recognized by the Kosovo Correctional Service (KCS) through an award presented to the Mission for its achievements in the development of KCS since its establishment…

Exodus Academy, a small school in Juba serves a community that relies on casual work and subsistent farming. Here, education is a luxury that most families cannot afford. UNMISS has a base not far from the school. For the…

Photo by Salah Mohammed, UNAMID. UNAMID HIV and AIDS Unit (HAU) and various Mission components today held a march and conducted HIV/AIDS Voluntary Testing campaign at the Mission’s Headquarters (MHQ) in Zalingei, Central…

With the world’s attention focused on the COVID-19 crisis, World AIDS Day is a reminder of the need to maintain focus on another global pandemic that is still with us nearly 40 years after it emerged. Despite significant…

UN staff and other partners celebrate the launch of a new Children's Radio Station in DRC The Strategic Communication and Public Information Division of MONUSCO, in partnership with UNICEF, launched on November 20 in Kinshasa…

Hazel De Wet from Namibia has served in both the humanitarian and peacekeeping arms of the United Nations. She is currently leads the Civil Affairs Division at UNMISS, which is tasked with promoting peaceful coexistence among…

UNIFIL Spanish peacekeepers this week presented soccer kits, sports equipment, accessories and clothes to an under-15 soccer club based in El Hebbariye, south-eastern Lebanon. The equipment and cloths, donated to the local…