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UNMISS marks World Children’s Day with an essay writing competition I have a message for my parents, teachers and all those involved in education programmes in South Sudan. As a girl, I am very much concerned about girls’…
Photo by Elsadig Daud, UNAMID. On 14 November 2017, UNAMID, in partnership with the Government of Sudan (GoS) police, trained some 32 Community Policing Volunteers (CPVs) and Sudanese police officers on community policing and…
The United Nations human rights office has called on the Government of Sudan to pursue effective, transparent and durable policies to enable the 2.6 million people who have been internally displaced by the long-running…
15 November 2017 – The armed groups in Darfur have largely been defeated and the ferocity of intercommunal violence has declined, but anxiety over safety continues to keep many people from returning to their homes, a senior…
NICOSIA, 20 November 2017 – The importance of respect to our inter-personal relationships, and, by extension, our work, cannot be overestimated. This week, the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) launches its first-ever…
Today on Universal Children’s Day UNIFIL was proud to host school children from south Lebanon. Some 100 talented children from nearby communities took over the UNIFIL hall. UNIFIL peacekeepers engaged the young visitors with…
Industrialization is a primary driver of economic growth and job creation, and will be pivotal in efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Africa Union’s Agenda 2063. This year’s Africa…
NICOSIA, 16 November 2017 - A High-Level meeting of the Religious Track of the Cyprus Peace Process (RTCYPP) took place on 16 November 2017, coinciding with the 22nd Anniversary of the International Day of Tolerance. The…
The political process for a successful post-conflict transition in Libya has made significant headway over the past two months, the United Nations envoy for the North African country said Thursday. “The re-launch of the…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, present the UN's Military Gender Advocate of the Year to Major Seitebatso Pearl Block for her…
From 14-15 November 2017, delegations from 79 countries met in Vancouver, Canada, to re-affirm their commitment to United Nations peacekeeping. For over sixty years, UN peacekeeping has served as the standard bearer of the…