Peacekeeping News

Women are often “placed second or even ignored” when they are employed as corrections officers in prisons and other detention centres, according to Téné Maimouna Zoungrana, an officer from Burkina Faso serving with the UN…

The Inhabitants of the villages of BWERERE, HALUNGUPA and other surrounding areas welcome the intervention of soldiers from the Malawian contingent in the region. Photo MONUSCO / Force Since the permanent deployment in…

Original reporting: Sophie Boudre & Lauren McAlister / Edited by: Crystal Lee Lauren McAlister from Canada serves with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) as a Gender Affairs Officer, where she helps…

Written by: Filip Andersson and Gaëlle Sundelin / Edited by : Urjasi Rudra Likiso Irene Lasu Silwa has very few memories of her early childhood. She was only a few months old when her mother fled the violence in her native…

Today, at the UNMISS headquarters in Juba, South Sudan, peacekeepers, the diplomatic community and government partners came together in a meaningful and heartfelt ceremony, marked under this year's theme, People, Peace…

Jacqueline Seck, the Director of the Northern Africa Division in the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations visited MINURSO from 23 to 27 May 2022. She had extensive meetings with the Mission…

MINURSO celebrated today the International Day of Peacekeepers by organizing a ceremony at the Parade Ground of Mission Headquarters in Laayoune. The Special Representative and Head of Mission, Alexander Ivanko, chaired the…

Today, we honour the more than one million women and men who have served as United Nations peacekeepers since 1948. We pay tribute to the nearly 4,200 heroes and heroines who sacrificed their lives in the cause of peace. And…

Celebrations of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers at UN House in Juba. Photos: Priyanka Chowdhury/UNMISS 27 May 2022 [Near Verbatim] Minister of Peace Building, Honourable Stephen Par Kuol;Excellencies, members of the…

Celebrations of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers at UN House in Juba. Photo by Priyanka Chowdhury/UNMISS [Near Verbatim] Minister of Peace Building, Honourable Stephen Par Kuol;Excellencies, members of the diplomatic…

Today’s world has changed and is unfortunately not at ease.Conflicts disturb and destroy people’s lives.Innocent civilians even have become a target.Threats are getting more complex.Violent extremist groups use harassing…

Representatives from all seven counties of Unity State getting prepared to coordinate efforts to receive an influx of returnees. Photo: Roseline Nkwelle Nzelle/UNMISS UNITY- People returning home after having been refugees or…