President Macron, Excellencies,World Bank President Jim Kim,Ladies and gentlemen,We are not yet winning the war on climate change -- the defining challenge of our times.The Paris Agreement lays the basis for ambitious action…
Nepalese Peacekeepers receive UN Medal The Nepalese peacekeeping contingent deployed in Rumbek, Western Lakes, has been awarded the United Nations peacekeeping medal in recognition of their outstanding work in South Sudan…
British Contingent receive UN Medals of Honor in South Sudan One hundred and forty-six officers and soldiers of the United Kingdom (UK) contingent serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have received medals of…
Support for the implementation of an agreement reached between cattle herders and farming communities in south-western greater Bahr El Ghazal to ensure peaceful migration is being provided by the United Nations Mission in…
UNMISS announces ambitious road rehabilitation plan for South Sudan Engineers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have begun a major road rehabilitation programme to improve security, enable traders and…
Near Verbatim Transcript ofMedia Briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nationsand Head of the United Nations Mission in South SudanMr. David ShearerJuba Conference RoomUNMISS Tomping…
11 December 2017, Tubmanburg -The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) in collaboration with the Government of Liberia and other international partners celebrated the International Human rights day that marked the last…
Reporting on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers is unlike any other subject for journalists. With the goal of helping local media better understand and cover this complex issue of sexual exploitation…
Eleanor Roosevelt of the United States holding a Declaration of Human Rights poster in English. (November 1949). UN Photo 10 December 2017 – The United Nations on Sunday kicked off in Paris, France, a year-long campaign to…
Following the end of the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the Security and Gender Group (SGG) repeats the call for the elimination of violence against women and girls, and for the…
A UNIFIL Ghanaian peacekeeper plays the last post in memory of the fallen Tanzanian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during a memorial held in the UNIFIL headquarters. UNIFIL peacekeepers today paid their…