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#UN4Beirut: UN staff join hands in solidarity with Lebanese people
The United Nations Staff Unions in Lebanon have collectively launched the #UN4Beirut initiative to show solidarity and support to the people of Lebanon by cleaning the streets of a Beirut district, which was devastated by…
UNMISS renovates primary school in Mayom as the UN Secretary-General launches new policy brief on education
UNMISS, through a Quick Impact Project, has made it possible for students in Mayom, Unity State, to access education by handing over a fully renovated primary school. The project was actioned by the mission’s Relief…
UNMISS peacekeepers, civilian and military, team up to renovate and hand over COVID-19 isolation centre in Bentiu
A joint team of civilian and military peacekeepers facilitated, implemented and handed over an isolation centre to the State COVID-19 Task Force in Bentiu, South Sudan. As part of its ongoing support to the national-led COVID…
A new maternity ward funded by UNMISS brings smiles to expectant mothers in Opari
UNMISS constructs a maternity ward at Opari, Eastern Equatoria, under its Quick Impact Projects programme. Ante- and post-natal care for expectant mothers in Opari boma (administrative division), near Nimule in Eastern…
UNMISS conducts air patrol to investigate recent clashes and support reconciliation in Romich
A team of peacekeepers serving with UNMISS arrived in Romich village on an air patrol to assess the security situation after several previous attempts to get there by road were thwarted by heavy flooding.This is the scene…
South Sudan forms committees to oversee implementation of action plan for child-free armed groups
Three days of important talks in Juba as committees established to implement an action plan to release children from armed forces. An action plan, no matter how comprehensive its scope, is only as good as its implementation…
Women in Kapoeta lobby for a shelter to protect survivors of sexual- and gender-based violence
At a recent consultative meeting in Kapoeta, women's representatives, human rights defenders and local authorities stressed on the need for a women's shelter to protect girls and young women who are survivors of sexual- and…
Bangladesh Navy official visits damaged UNIFIL Maritime Task Force vessel
A high-level four-member delegation from the Bangladesh Navy visited last week UNIFIL’s Maritime Task Force corvette BNS BIJOY, which was damaged during the 4 August explosions at the Port of Beirut. The delegation, headed by…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on Mali
The Secretary-General is following with deep concern the unfolding developments in Mali, including the military mutiny which culminated in the arrest of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and members of his Government earlier…
Much-needed face masks and COVID-19 information handed out in busy but non-compliant Kapoeta
The intricate links between the rule of law and the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed by participants at a recent forum in Kapoeta, Eastern Equatoria State. Despite the threat of COVID-19, life in Kapoeta in Eastern Equatoria…