Peacekeeping News

Kinshasa, 2nd June 2017 – The crisis in the Kasaï provinces, situated at the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has a disastrous impact on the local communities. The United Nations is seriously concerned by the…

Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, at the event entitled “ Women Leaders Forum for Africa’s Transformation and Launch of the African Women Leaders Network”.

Press release on behalf of the Bi-communal Technical Committee on Education NICOSIA, 2 June 2017 - The pilot application of the joint education project IMAGINE, taking place under the auspices of the Bi-Communal Technical…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers by an unidentified group in a carjacking incident in Nyala…

Briefing the Security Council for the final time as the United Nations mission in Côte d'Ivoire draws down, the UN envoy for the country thanked the Government for its support and said that though more needs to be done, but…

The United Nations Mission in Colombia has said that it will comply with new deadlines agreed between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) for a weapon hand-in, now set for June 20. After…

El Fasher, 1 June 2017 — On 31 May 2017, a military peacekeeper from the African Union–United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) was killed by an unidentified group in a carjacking incident in Nyala, South Darfur…

Photo by Kone Mouroulaye, UNAMID. On 30 May 2017, UNAMID Sector Central handed over a constructed Women’s Center and Meeting Hall to the local community in Nertiti, West Jebel Marra Locality in Central Darfur. The project…

Last week Major Nina Raduha, from Slovenia, became the first woman contingent commander in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). She took charge of UNIFIL’s Slovenian Contingent on 22 May 2017. This is also…

NICOSIA, 1 June 2017 – The annual summer edition of the UNFICYP Military Skills Competition, one of the highlights of the military component’s calendar, took place at the United Nations Protected Area on 31 May 2017. The…

Despite “vast improvement” in security in parts of the Central African Republic (CAR), there are still deep tensions and some fear of a sudden relapse, a top United Nations human rights official said while visiting the strife…

Condemning today’s terrorist attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the United Nations mission there called on all parties to the conflict to “strictly adhere” to their obligations under international humanitarian law and to…