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Most comprehensive Albanian-Serbian and Serbian-Albanian dictionary goes live
The largest Albanian-Serbian and Serbian-Albanian dictionary ever created is now online. The 20,000-word dictionary was launched on 26 September, the European Day of Languages, by the Special-Representative to the Secretary…
Engineers Improving Field Missions to Support UN Gender Parity
Elsie project team in Bir Lahlou The Elsie Initiative for Women in Peace Operations (funded by the Canadian Government) has partnered with the United Nations to increase the presence and participation of civilian and…
Peacekeepers’ “Happy Mango Tree Project” spreads smiles in Kuajok
Happiness all around, and delicious nutrition to follow for those patient enough, as UN police officers are planting mango trees in Kuajok. “The best time to plan a tree is twenty years ago, the second-best time is now.” With…
A written test for the 2nd phase of the recruitment of 150 civilian prison personnel
On 8 November 2019, the aptitude test for the second phase of the recruitment of 150 civilian prison staff was conducted in the sixteen regions of the Central African Republic. Out of the 1941 candidates who applied (of which…
Statement of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Mr. David Shearer, Briefing to the African Union Peace and Security Council on the situation in South Sudan, 14 November 2019
Thank you Mr. President and members of the Peace and Security Council. I welcome this opportunity to brief you on the situation in South Sudan following the decision by the Parties extend for a further 100 days. I would like…
United Nations Police in Torit train police and prison personnel on gender issues and conflict-related sexual violence
Role play was part of the action when UN police officers trained Torit-based South Sudanese colleagues on a variety of crucial issues. A three-day workshop aimed at sensitizing personnel of the South Sudan National Police…
RDC: François Grignon stresses the importance of setting up a mechanism for sustainable protection of civilian populations
The Acting Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Protection and Operations, François Grignon, interacted with the media on Wednesday, 13 November around the UN Mission’s activities and the…
Lacking classrooms, returnee children in Ezo make do with informal lessons under trees
“I want to be a doctor,” beams an optimistic nine-year old Justin. He is among 70 other South Sudanese children who have recently retuned home from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and have been keeping busy…
Sud-Kivu: Local ethnic communities condemn Violence in Fizi and Uvira territories
SUD-KIVU: Local ethnic communities condemn Violence in Fizi and Uvira territories. Photo MONUSCO/Fiston Ngoma Uvira, November 15, 20189. - Under the facilitation of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic…
Government security forces acknowledge their duty to protect children in armed conflict
Government troops and police officers in Nzara County paying close attention to a review of the rights of children in general and in armed conflict in particular. Had they not already understood the devastating effects that…