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Healthy oceans, safe climate imperative for small islands to survive, Pacific island leaders tell UN
As the high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly continued today, Baron Divavesi Waqa, President of Nauru, expressed deep sorrow and condolences to those who have suffered from the recent successive hurricanes…
‘We all share a responsibility’ to combat terrorism, President of Senegal tells world leaders
Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Senegal expressed his desire for a peaceful and secure African continent – one that does not serve as a sanctuary for terrorists defeated elsewhere in the world…
Green light from volunteer, we are ready for take-off
Lauri Hukkanen (Finland), second from left, posing with colleagues in the Entebbe International Airport in Uganda (Lauri Hukkanen, 2014) Serving as an international UN Volunteer in UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa has been…
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Together for peace: UNFICYP joins global commemoration of the International Day of Peace
21 September 2017 – The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) today marked the International Day of Peace at Force HQ in the buffer zone; the International Day of Peace is commemorated annually on 21 September, and is an…
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.176
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Indian Peacekeepers provide emergency medical care to critically ill pregnant woman
Indian Peacekeepers provide emergency medical care to critically ill pregnant woman A critically ill pregnant woman suffering from complicated malaria has received life-saving medical care from Indian peacekeepers serving…
What’s good for the corn is good for the community
In the rural heartland of Peja/Peć, a multi-community project in seven farming villages has found fertile ground to pull together. In a wide green field, the type that has long been the lifeblood of the region, farmer Dardan…
MONUSCO provides English and Computer skills to FARDC
MONUSCO provides English and Computer skills to FARDC MONUSCO North Kivu Brigade Commander General HARI B PILLAI and Colonel BAZIL KANUMA of the Operation Sokola 2, have inaugurated, on the 20 September 2017, the first 8…
Ensuring the protection of populations who are victims of conflicts in North Kivu, DRC
Indian battalion units ensure the safe escort of members of civilian Mission units; here, UN Volunteer Jeanne Warnet. (MONUSCO/Force, 2017) Civilian populations in this region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo suffer…
Despite progress, challenges remain for Liberia to consolidate peace gains, UN Security Council told
In spite of “remarkable” progress in Liberia since the signing of the comprehensive peace agreement in 2003, the presence of challenges that risk a reversal of the gains made warrant continued international support and…