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Protecting and promoting human rights - along with preventing, documenting, and reporting abuses of them - are key parts of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS. Recently, more than 50 traditional…
From 22 to 23 June, UNOAU participated in the 25 th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers, held in Geneva, Switzerland. The event brought together over 300 National Mine Action…
Abyei, 22 June 2023 – UNISFA UNPOL Women Network (UUWN) has been inaugurated at the mission’s Headquarters in Abyei. The Network, according to the Ag. Head of Mission/Force Commander, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr, is…
In this story series, UN Peacekeeping shows the impact of Action for Peacekeeping, which guides peace operations across 12 active missions. Story by: Serge Ismaël OUEDRAOGO / Yaye Nabo SENE We are at the Ménaka market…
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(As delivered, New York, 22 June 2023) Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, I am pleased to address you for the first time since assuming my duties in Somalia on 5th June. I am delighted to do so alongside the…
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL MARTHA AMA A. POBEE’S REMARKS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON PEACE AND SECURITY IN AFRICA New York, 21 June 2023 Madam President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you…
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UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL ROSEMARY A. DICARLO’S KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL ON THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM Washington D.C., 21 June 2023 Thank you, Lise, for that introduction. I would like to…
On 18-22 June, the Head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), Assistant Secretary-General Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, undertook an inaugural visit to Addis Ababa to meet with senior officials of the Federal…
By: Samira Y. Salifu Father Paul Okeny is not one to shy away from challenges in his quest to serve communities. Ordained as a priest in 2001 in the Catholic Diocese of El Obeid in Sudan, he is a pioneering and renowned…
Sixteen children became celebrities for a day when they, amicably, took over Radio Miraya on the Day of the African Child. In South Sudan, there is no shortage of children; young girls and boys who will one day lead their…
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NEW YORK - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the full text of the Security Council briefing by SRSG…
In South Sudan, there is no shortage of children; young girls and boys who will one day lead their country and, together with their peers across the continent, all of Africa, towards a bright future. For this compelling…