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With moving testimonies of their own experiences as former underage combatants and concrete courses of action, 50 South Sudanese uniformed personnel and allied interlocuters pledge to uphold child rights at an UNMISS workshop in Eastern Equatoria. Photo by Moses Yakudu/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA – As South Sudan races against the clock to hold its first post-independence elections, there’s growing awareness that this young nation’s path to durable peace and prosperity requires systemic changes. One…
In Mundri west, teachers, students, parents and members of the South Sudan National Police Service came together at an UNMISS-facilitated workshop on human rights. Photo by Phillip Mbugo/UNMISS
WESTERN EQUATORIA: “Even if perpetrators are penalized in court, we expect our partner in peace, UNMISS, to continue raising awareness among our communities on the need to uphold human rights, especially women’s rights,” said…
TRIPOLI - 26 February - At a conference in Tripoli dedicated to fostering "an inclusive, rights-based, and victims-centred transitional justice and reconciliation process in Libya”, UNSMIL Deputy Special Representative of the…
The Under Secretary General for Peace Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Ms. Hanna Tetteh, concluded a two-day visit to Abyei on February 22. The visit follows the deadly clashes…
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Hargeisa – Two days a week, before dawn, when the streets of Hargeisa are still empty, and the tea sellers are only just starting to set up their stalls, a solitary figure rushes through the waking city. She wastes no time…
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A brief roundup of United Nations-related political and peacebuilding events and developments around the world. Two years since the Russian invasion, "the war in Ukraine remains an open wound at the heart of Europe,"…
[NEAR VERBATIM] Remarks by UN Under-Secretary General Jean Pierre Lacroix Thank you very much and a very good afternoon to all of you. Thank you for having joined us. As was indicated, this is a joint mission headed by Her…
Lt Col Yusuf Umar Gabarin raising the Nigerian flag for the first time at UNMOGIP Islamabad HQ.
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A total of 30 civil society activists from across Yemen came together in Aden for discussions centered around the UN-led peace process and linkages to Yemeni peacebuilding efforts on the ground. The participants represented…
Marking a significant milestone, the Republic of Kazakhstan officially announced its inaugural independent commitment of a military contingent to United Nations Peacekeeping on 14 February. At a ceremony at UN Headquarters in…
Tor Wennesland (on screen), Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Seated at the table is Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations. (UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe - 29 November 20230
- Briefings to the Security Council
Madam President, Members of the Security Council, As we approach 140 days of devastating war, there is still no end in sight. No end to the trauma of those impacted by the horrors unleashed on 7 October. No end to the…