The President of the Republic of Austria, Dr. Alexander Van der Bellen, today visited the UNIFIL headquarters and received a briefing from the UN Peacekeeping Mission on its work to help further peace in south Lebanon. During…
On 12 December 2018, Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, hosted Major General Lorenzo D’ Addario, the new Commander of KFOR, at UNMIK Headquarters. SRSG Tanin stressed the…
The head of the United Nations peace mission in Lebanon has urged an end to “rumours and speculations” over tunnels which have been discovered along the UN-drawn “Blue Line” – the border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel…
Senior army officers in Yei, learning about the human costs of war, the rights and suffering of victims of sexual violence. “If we don’t stand firm to end this war, we shall have no future. Young girls are being raped every…
“I had very productive meetings with Their Excellencies President Michel Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut today. I briefed the President and the Speaker on developments in connection with tunnels along the Blue Line…
My name is Angela Peca and I am 30 years old. I am a proud Portuguese, born and bred in the city of Coimbra. I am also nationalized British as I have worked and lived in the city of London. I am an UNV Nurse at the Level I…
The author, Gideon Sackitey (right) helps colleagues to offload mattresses - part of the items they donated to the children's ward at Bor Town Hospital - from a truck. It was all joy in August this year when I received an…
Khartoum, 09 December 2018 – The 14th meeting of the Implementation Follow-up Commission (IFC) of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) was held today in Khartoum, Sudan. The Commission discussed progress made and the…
They came before dawn. Arriving in Freedom Square in the murky pre-morning light, hundreds of athletes stretched their legs and jogged on the spot as they prepared to challenge themselves and each other in a 10-kilometre race…
The Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara Ladies, Gentlemen, thank you all for coming, I am very pleased to be here, I will read a short statement and then I am happy to provide you with some of my…