Every day United Nations peacekeepers protect the vulnerable and help to build and protect a fragile peace. In January this year, an ambush on a UN vehicle transporting injured civilians left a peacekeeper and several…

UN peacekeepers deploy in challenging places & often far from home. They help save lives, protect people & promote peace in conflict situations. On Valentines Day, they send their wishes to their loved ones.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali will complete its withdrawal by 31 December as requested by the UN Security Council. As the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission ends its decade-long presence in…

Complex crises and a “climate of division” among governments is complicating the work of UN peacekeepers in Sub-Saharan, says the top UN official overseeing their work. “The multiplication of crises, and the more exacerbated…

Today, as the world faces the largest number of conflicts since World War II, @UNPeacekeeping is calling for collective action towards sustainable peace. The “Peace Begins With Me” poem is a creative collaboration between…

Follow peacekeeper Haneen Hannaawad through a full day at the UN Truce Supervision Organization at its headquarters in Jerusalem, as she demonstrates some of the ways UN Peacekeeping reduces its environmental footprint.

United Nations Peacekeeping marked its 75th anniversary in a giant exhibition on New York’s Times Square. The Inside Out project featured black and white posters covering the iconic space showing portraits of UN peacekeepers…