As part of UNIFIL’s support to people affected by the latest escalation of violence, peacekeepers are constantly supporting humanitarian relief for local communities still present along the Blue Line. In the past week, 20 peacekeepers donated blood to help treat patients affected by the violence. The donation was made by peacekeepers deployed to the mission’s Sector East headquarters, in response to a request from Marjayoun Public Hospital, which…
A brief roundup of United Nations political and peacebuilding events and developments globally USG DiCarlo reiterates call for full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine Briefing the Security Council on 23 March, Under-Secretary-General (USG) Rosemary DiCarlo said that over four years since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine - nearly 1500 days of death, destruction and despair – the violence was worse than ever.…
Juba - “His absence in our lives is immeasurable as is his continued presence that will always inform the way that we move through the world.” The enormous loss of Nicholas Haysom has resonated around the world but is felt most keenly by those closest to him. Rebecca Haysom perfectly captured the essence of her father who passed away last week, after serving as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations…
Institutions are tested in times of crisis. For South Sudan’s mine action sector, ongoing conflicts over the past two decades have disrupted operations, displaced communities, and placed renewed strain on national systems. Amid these challenges, the need for a strong, nationally led mine action authority became even more urgent. In 2006, the National Mine Action Authority (NMAA) was formally established by Presidential Decree as the national body…
SRSG and Head of UNMIK Peter Due met with Third Deputy Prime Minister for Minority Issues and Cooperation Fikrim Damka, to discuss the situation of communities in Kosovo. The conversation focused on representation and participation in institutions, the use of official languages, and the important role of the Office for Community Support and the Language Commissioner. The SRSG reaffirmed the importance of strengthening institutional frameworks…
Thanks to an intervention by MONUSCO peacekeepers, alerted and supported by customary authorities, fourteen people who had been taken hostage during an attack by CODECO militiamen in the village of Lidha, Djugu, on March 21, have been released. This release was made possible by the intensification of MONUSCO’s operations in the area. For about a week now, six mobile military bases have been deployed in the territories of Djugu and Irumu as part…
A specialist explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team from UNIFIL’s Italian contingent safely disposed of an armed drone that had crashed – under circumstances still under investigation – amid heavy exchanges of fire along a section of the road between UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura and Al Mansouri earlier this week. In accordance with UNIFIL’s operational procedures, the EOD team was deployed to the crash site on 23 March, and prior to the safe…
Western Equatoria – As dawn breaks over Duduma, a community near Yambio, parents and local leaders gather under mango trees. Their focus is how to better protect their children so that they have the opportunity they deserve to reach their full potential in life. Duduma Chairperson, Gloria Daniel, voiced the community’s collective concern about one of the gravest challenges faced by children. “We’re facing troubling cases of sexual violence…
The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in collaboration with the Embassy of Colombia in Senegal, UN WOMEN, the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), and the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNVMC), hosted on 25 of March a high-level virtual dialogue titled “Promoting South-South Cooperation: Women Peacebuilders Inter-Regional Dialogue.” The dialogue brought together over 150 women…
Transcript of the stakeout by the Special Envoy for Syria after the meeting of the Humanitarian Access Task Force Arabic version SdeM: Let me raise some points that have been raised so far in these meetings. I cannot deny…
A night park for livestock was donated to pastoralists in Sokourala thanks to joint funding by UNOCI and UNDP in an effort to resolve an intercommunity conflict with farmers (Sokourala, Touba district, April 2012).
Tunis, 12 April 2016 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the United Kingdom (UK) co-chaired a meeting in Tunis to discuss how the international community can support the priorities set out by the new…
Staffan de Mistura (SdeM): Since we have not seen each other for a while, I will try to be a little bit more extensive. I just returned actually today after a quite intensive visit to Moscow, Amman, Damascus, Teheran, and the…
Today, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr Jeffrey Feltman, concluded his two-day visit to Armenia. In meetings with President Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Nalbandian, Minister of Justice…
The Stabilization Facility for Libya was launched today at the Senior Officials’ Meeting in Tunis in the presence of H.E. Dr. Taher Al-Jehaimi, Minister of Planning in the Libyan Government of National Accord, Mr. Rüdiger…
PRESS STATEMENT 11/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating condemned in the strongest possible terms yesterday's suicide car bombing of the Banadir Regional…
MAIDAN SHAHR - An open forum, in which women expressed their views on women’s participation on peace, security and political initiatives before an audience of local authorities and political leaders – including the provincial…
The United Nations, the African Union, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the European Union (EU), the United States, the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Italy and Sweden commend the country’s federal and…
The Public Information Office of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) on 7 April 2016, local dignitaries, elected officials and local administrative authorities from the department of Issia, around a table to…