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THE POWER OF COMMUNICATION: ENABLING SECTOR TWO TO DO ITS JOB
By Lance Corporal (LCpl) Jemma Couchman This piece is part of our May campaign highlighting women in peacekeeping, leading up to the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May. Cyprus is an island rich in history…
KEEPING THE PEACE AND MAINTAINING THE FORCE
By Lance Corporal (LCpl) Louisa Murphy. This piece is part of our May campaign highlighting women in peacekeeping, leading up to the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May. As one of the battlegroup clerks of Sector 2…
Malakal’s trailblazing military women tell stories of trials and triumphs as the UN celebrates women in peacekeeping
Lieutenant Colonel Catherine Gadayan from the Philippines and Ghanaian Wing Commander Solyce Owusuwaa Pepprah are UN peacekeepers based in Malakal. “Are you ready to die in a foreign country?” This was the question posed to…
United Nations peacekeeping in South Sudan: A tale of non-uniformed civilians, not least women, as well
Janet Adongo, a United Nations Volunteer and public information officer based in Malakal, is one of many capable civilian women making peacekeeping possible. With the International Day of UN Peacekeepers just around the…
Successful fish farmer in Aweil employs and empowers women despite COVID-19 challenges
A group of women in Aweil is being trained on how to manage a fish farm and hence earn a salary. Valentino Achak Deng, a fish farmer in Aweil in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal, has started a project to empower rural women by giving…
Children in Kosovo shelters helped to continue online learning as domestic violence rates spike
Ensuring children have access to continued learning from domestic violence shelters has been a key challenge during the COVID-19 lockdown – with UNMIK and UN Women ramping up support in response to the 30 per cent spike in…
UNAMID reports 2 COVID-19 cases on its outbound flight to Nairobi
Khartoum , 28 May 2020 - The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) regrets to announce that two passengers aboard its special flight from the Mission’s logistics hub in El Fasher to Nairobi on 27…
Top UN official in Cyprus salutes UNPOL officers ahead of International Peacekeepers Day
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus and Head of UNFICYP, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar, on 27 May presided over a Medal Presentation ceremony for United Nations Police in Cyprus. Held at the UN Protected…
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Secretary-General's Message for International Day of UN Peacekeepers
Today we honor more than one million men and women who have served as United Nations peacekeepers and the more than 3,900 who have lost their lives in the line of duty. We also express our gratitude to the 95,000 civilian…
From where I stand: “Although the situation is unpredictable, we are still working to maintain peace”
Lieutenant Dr. Arya Khadka is a Nepali peacekeeper serving as a medical officer with the United Nations Mission (MINUSCA) in Bambari, Central African Republic, where prevention efforts are being implemented to deter the COVID…