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UN75 SURVEY
2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The Secretary-General has launched the “UN75” initiative for people everywhere to share their thoughts around current and emerging global trends, and to have a…
Debate focuses on impacts of Coronavirus on minority communities
Ensuring food assistance and information is available in local languages were some of the main points raised during an UNMIK-supported debate show on how COVID-19 is impacting Kosovo’s most marginalised. ‘Poor and facing the…
Award-winning Zeina Saleh defies gender norms in clearing south Lebanon of mines
Women working in the field of demining are rare. Zeina Saleh of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in south Lebanon is amongst those very few women working under extremely risky conditions. In November 2019, Zeina, along with…
SRSG Zahir Tanin calls for upholding human rights in Kosovo in the context of Covid-19
5 April 2020, Pristina - In light of the measures taken to combat COVID-19 and the ongoing public health emergency, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, urgently calls upon all…
UNAMID supports newly established COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Central Darfur
Photo by Amin Ismail, UNAMID. Zalingei, 5 April: As part of UNAMID’s efforts to support the Sudanese health authorities in preventing and combating COVID-19, the Mission handed over Personnel Protection Equipment (PPE) to the…
Message from SRSG, Colin Stewart, on International Mine Awareness Day
Colin Stewart, SRSG and Head of MINURSO Dear Colleagues, When the conflict in the Territory of Western Sahara started many years ago, landmines were buried. As a result, lives were lost and others were altered forever because…
Graduates at vocational centre in Bor: “We will transform our families and South Sudan”
Happy graduates at the vocational training centre run by UNMISS peacekeepers in Bor. Last week, Jacob Mayom Malueth and 32 other young men and women graduated after six months of coursework at the vocational training centre…
Boost for livestock farmers in Malakal as UNMISS peacekeepers train animal health workers
Future animal health workers observing their Indian tutor in action. Fifty-five community animal health workers have successfully completed a four-week training on livestock disease management. Indian peacekeepers based in…
MONUSCO rehabilitates major road in Beni to facilitate troops’ and local populations’ mobility.
MONUSCO rehabilitates major road in Beni to facilitate troops’ and local populations’ mobility. As part of its mandate, the Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Wildfire kills one and leaves hundreds homeless in Nzara County, Western Equatoria
People affected by a wildfire in Nzara County seeking shelter under a mango tree that escaped unscathed. A wildfire has ravaged Nzara County in Western Equatoria, killing one person and leaving hundreds homeless. The United…