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UNMISS peacekeepers teach Wau women money-making patterns
UNMISS peacekeepers teaching women in and around Wau the fine art of tailoring. Photos: Dawit K. Tedla/UNMISS “I used to sell veggies in the market, but it did not pay well,” says Lucia Richard Ujang, a 35-year-old widow and…
Nepal-funded agricultural project in Blida to ease economic strains of residents
UN Photo / Pasqual Gorriz UNIFIL’s Nepalese peacekeepers handed over a major agricultural and public garden project this week to local authorities of the south-eastern Lebanese village of Blida. It was their country’s first…
Build trust and cooperation through friendly dialogue, says new UNMISS Police Commissioner
In close dialogue and cooperation with the South Sudan National Police Service, that is how the new UNMISS Police Commissioner Christine Fossen wants to be seen as often as possible. “Just do it,” her husband and three grown…
Twelve MONUSCO military focal points trained in the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in Bunia
Twelve MONUSCO military focal points trained in the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse in Bunia. Photo : MONUSCO/Archives Bunia, October 30, 2019 - The Training and Refresher Seminar for Military Focal Points of…
2019 UN Global Open Day Final Report: ‘Trust-builders and Deal-Makers: Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Kosovo’
Nineteen years ago today, UN Security Council adopted landmark resolution 1325, which underlines the central role that women must play in preventing and resolving conflict. The importance of women’s meaningful participation…
ELECTION MOMENTUM CAN ADVANCE RENEWAL OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN BELGRADE AND PRISTINA, SRSG TANIN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL
Momentum from an election that heralded the most “significant change” in Kosovo’s politics in years could trigger renewed efforts for rule of law, job creation and the Pristina-Belgrade dialogue, the Head of UNMIK says. The…
SECURITY AND GENDER GROUP URGES NEWLY ELECTED POLITICAL LEADERS TO ADHERE TO GENDER EQUALITY COMMITMENTS
On the 19th anniversary of landmark United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, the Security and Gender Group underlines that the inclusion and meaningful participation of women is a…
UNMISS-led Trust Fund Breathes New Life Into Koch
Mary Nyakuaikoch was born in Koch. She was married in Koch, gave birth to her children and remained in the town despite violence raging around her when civil war broke out across South Sudan. She intends the town to be her…
UN Deputy Secretary General visits Sudan
UN Deputy Secretary General, Ms. Amina J. Mohammed, met with the Prime Minister of Sudan, Mr. Abdalla Hamdok in Khartoum. Photo by Hamid Abdulsalam, UNAMID. From 26- 28 October 2019, The United Nations Deputy Secretary…
An update on the demilitarization of the CAR prisons presented to SRSG
Executive Director Florian Irminger from Penal Reform International (PRI), an implementing partner for the MINUSCA Justice and Corrections Section, met with the SRSG Mankeur Ndiaye, on 31 October 2019, to update him on the…