Jacqueline Feinting has blazed the trail for women peacekeepers ever since she deployed as one of the first Cameroonian women corrections officers to her first peacekeeping mission in 2014. Today, she serves with the United…
“Be the change, you want,Be the hope, you wish,Mould your present to shape the future you deserve…” Caroline Ziadeh, SRSG and Head of UNMIK The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Ms…
By Ambassador Claver Gatete During the 2015 International Peace Conference on the Protection of Civilians held in Kigali, H.E President Paul Kagame said, “The central purpose of peace operations is the protection of civilians…
On 24 May, UNMIK and UNHCR organised a roundtable in Gjilan/Gnjilane, addressing the need to bolster cooperation and coordination across all levels relating to durable solutions for IDPs/returnees and the situation of non…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, met with Mr. Andrea Biggi, Chargé d’Affaires of the Australian Embassy to Croatia and Kosovo, at UNMIK Headquarters. SRSG Ziadeh and…
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 2022 Opinion Piece — United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix Every day, United Nations peacekeepers work to protect hundreds of…
As part of the military Operations Seka and Trailblazer, the Bangladeshi contingent of MINUSMA Force organized several civil-military activities from May 18 to 22 in of Anefis and Tabankort towns. To maintain good relations…
The United Nations Peace Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Blue Helmets. Since its deployment in 2013, more than 250 MINUSMA peacekeepers have lost their lives there. They have…
RJMEC Interim-Chair, Members of the RJMEC Board, Excellencies and distinguished guests, I thank RJMEC for convening this meeting and the opportunity to brief you today. I would like to begin by acknowledging the positive…
RJMEC Interim-Chair, Members of the RJMEC Board, Excellencies and distinguished guests, I thank RJMEC for convening this meeting and the opportunity to brief you today. I would like to begin by acknowledging the positive…
During a consultative session held on 27 May 2002, 27 young opinion leaders from Goma invited the head of MONUSCO and the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region to become involved in the reactivation and effective…
Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned a deadly attack on Wednesday against a UN Peacekeeping logistics convoy near the town of Kidal in northern Mali. For roughly an hour, the convoy came under direct fire…