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Abdoul Aziz Thioye: "the report on the violence in Djugu is not directed against a community". Photo MONUSCO/Jean-Tobie Okala Bunia, 15 January 2020 - The Director of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office, Abdoul Aziz…
Implementation of the 2015 peace agreement in Mali provides the only pathway for stabilization there, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Wednesday. Jean-Pierre Lacroix updated ambassadors on developments…
Bridges are lifelines, connecting people. This one in Lakes has been repaired by UNMISS engineers. A simple task of meshing together metal pallets and bars to repair a broken bridge has provided a lifeline for communities in…
UNIFIL’s Italian and Finnish peacekeepers conducted a joint training last week with the aim of enhancing interoperability, reactivity and flexibility during joint operations while serving for peace in south Lebanon. From 6 to…
Photo by Hamid Abdulsalam,UNAMID. Zalingei, 14 January 2020 - On 13 January, UNAMID Joint Special Representative/Joint Chief Mediator (JSR/JCM), Jeremiah Mamabolo visited the deserted Krinding camp for internally displaced…
The lecturing man has a valid point: children are not soldiers. “I do not want children to suffer like we do in the bushes. They are our future, and we want to open the gates of success for them by removing them from the army…
Not happy. Several Aweil attending a workshop on human rights complained that their entitlements are ignored. “We, the women in Aweil, are not having even one percent of our rights being respected,” says the local female…
Back in business: A passenger aircraft at the newly rehabilitated Pibor airstrip A bottle of water retails at 200 South Sudanese pounds or SSP (just under $1) in Boma area’s Pibor town. But that is a smaller matter. To get…
Despite heavy rain and freezing temperature, UNIFIL Finnish peacekeepers operating under the Mission’s Force Commander’s Reserve participated in a coordinated exercise with the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in the southern…
Lots of pieces of information about human rights principles and the revitalized peace agreement were handed out to opposition forces in the Kapoeta area. “We are working day and night to respect and promote human rights in…
UNIFIL Sector West Headquarters in Shamaa, south Lebanon, today organized an exhibition of handicrafts and Lebanese cuisine with the aim to promote women-run local businesses in the UN Mission’s area of operation. Around 13…
The UNSG's message for 2020 Against the backdrop of persistent inequality, rising hatred, “a world at war and a warming planet”; with climate change as “a long-term problem” and “a clear and present danger”; Secretary-General…