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UNIFIL’s French peacekeepers, who are a part of the Mission’s Force Commander Reserve (FCR) unit, have recently offered a wide variety of support to schools in south Lebanon. Last month, they developed and distributed 4,000…
It is not commonplace for women to be part of India’s infantry, and that goes for the contingent of peacekeepers based in Malakal as well, where more than eight hundred soldiers were recently awarded medals for their service…
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KABUL – As part of a series of interactive radio programmes marking 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, participants from Afghanistan’s central provinces called for urgent measures to help prevent the crime.…
UNOAU in collaboration with the AU Office of the Youth Envoy, organized a two-day joint virtual inter-generational dialogue under the theme, “Africa Young Women Fellowship on Silencing the Guns”. Held from 3-4 December as…
The United Nations-African Union (AU) partnership has yielded “significant results”, including at the country level, the UN chief told the Security Council on Friday. Addressing a debate on cooperation between the two…
38-year-old henna artist Hawa Adam starts her workday at 8:00 a.m. in the UN Protection Site in Malakal where she has established a name for herself as a henna artist. She is a single mother to six children and provides for…
Electoral materials including ballot boxes, voting booths and electoral kits, part of a batch of electoral equipment donated by the Republic of South Africa to support the democratic process in the Central African Republic…
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Electoral materials including ballot boxes, voting booths and electoral kits, part of a batch of electoral equipment donated by the Republic of South Africa to support the democratic process in the Central African Republic…
28 November - 4 December 2020 This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. Security Council Guterres: “I count on the African Union to help lead the…
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Four months after the tragic August 4 explosion that rocked the Port of Beirut, the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank Group (WBG) launched today, in a virtual press conference, a landmark ‘people…
Geetha Pious, Head of Field Office, UNMISS Juba, speaks about working in conflict zones, being a woman and shattering the glass ceiling. “People often talk about the glass ceiling in UN peacekeeping,” says Geetha Pious. “I…
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Following the meeting of the Peacebuilding Commission, convened by its Chair, H.E. Mr. Bob Rae on 2 December 2020 on peacebuilding in Somalia with briefings by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Hussein Roble, Prime Minister of the Federal…