On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, reaffirms UNMIK’s commitment to continue supporting…
U N I T E D N A T I O N S N A T I O N S U N I E S THE SECRETARY-GENERAL António Guterres -- MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE VICTIMS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES 30 August 2020 The…
Peacekeepers from Ghana use their own funds to equip more than 30 displaced women residing in the UN Protection Site in Bentiu with trading items for starting their own businesses. In a bid to motivate displaced women towards…
Between April and June 2020, the overall number of civilians affected by violence decreased by 8 per cent, despite an increase by more than half (52 per cent) in the number of incidents, as compared with the first quarter of…
Youth leaders at an UNMISS-organized forum in Yambio discussing how to achieve durable peace in their communities. Youth leaders from Yambio and beyond have pledged to be ambassadors of peace in their communities. They made…
UNIFIL Sector West peacekeepers have helped upgrade a municipal milk processing and storage facility in Aytarun, in the Bint Jbeil district of south-western Lebanon, with the donation of a new processing plant and other…
On 26 August, 41 Slovakian peacekeepers from Sector Four were awarded for their contributions to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. The event took place in their headquarters, in Famagusta. UNFICYP’s Force Commander, Major…
“On Tuesday, 25 August starting around 11:00 p.m., UNIFIL observed a number of flares fired from several IDF positions along the Blue Line across from Aytarun, Ayta Ash-Sha’b, Meiss Ej Jebel, Houla, Kfar Kila and Kfar Shouba…
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers and UNIFIL peacekeepers trained together for three days on first aid and trauma management last week in the UN Mission’s Sector East Headquarters in Ibl el-Saqi, south-eastern Lebanon. A…
UNIFIL Nepalese peacekeepers donate various items to the Meiss ej Jebel Municipality. As part of the ongoing UNIFIL support to host communities in their fight against the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, the Mission’s…
UNIFIL Italian Contingent recently completed the renovation of a rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities in the village of Qana, south-western Lebanon, and handed it over to local authorities this week. The two…
Soap, buckets and people wearing masks were all part of the scene as UNMISS donated COVID-19 material to local authorities in Torit. If you find yourself with less than squeaky clean hands in Eastern Equatoria, there may be…
