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Fallen peacekeepers remembered 10 years on
UNIFIL peacekeepers held a memorial ceremony in El Khiam in south Lebanon last week to pay homage to the six Spanish peacekeepers killed there in an attack ten years ago. UNIFIL’s Sector East Commander Brigadier General…
Displaced persons voice fears of returning home
Displaced persons voice fears of returning home Internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the UN Protection of Civilian (PoC) site in Wau say they do not feel safe returning to their homes after protracted conflict. The…
UNMISS hands over police station constructed under the mission’s QIP’s
UNMISS hands over police station constructed under the mission’s QIP’s In a festive ceremony filled with cultural song and dance, the United Nations in South Sudan (UNMISS) officially handed over a police station in Wau town…
Recent recoveries at CMP excavations
NICOSIA, 29 June 2017 - On 29 June, a CMP excavation team located the remains of at least one individual in a military area in Deryneia/Derinya. The CMP’s bi-communal excavation teams are continuing excavations at Voni…
Côte d’Ivoire: UN chief voices support for sustaining ‘hard-won peace’ after mission’s closure
Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the closure of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), which will take place on Friday, and reiterated the UN family’s commitment to helping the people and…
Security Council renews steps against illicit Libyan oil exports; renews missions in Golan, Mali, Darfur
The Security Council today adopted a series of resolutions by which it extended the mandates of United Nations missions in the Golan, the Darfur region of Sudan and Mali, and renewed measures against illicit oil exports in…
UN weapons free zone and water project fosters harmony between displaced civilians and local communities in Juba
UN weapons free zone and water project fosters harmony between displaced civilians and local communities in Juba The eruption of violence in July 2016 forced tens of thousands of South Sudanese civilians to seek sanctuary in…
Lebanon’s Justice Minister visits UNIFIL headquarters
The Lebanese Minister of Justice Salim Jreissati inspecting UNIFIL guard of honor. The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lebanon, Salim Jreissati, paid a visit to the UNIFIL Headquarters and the UN Mission’s area of…
UNMIL hands over furniture and office equipment to Liberia’s National Police Policy Management Board
Monrovia – On 29 June, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) handed over furniture and office equipment to the National Police Policy Management Board (PMB) at the Liberia National Police (LNP) headquarters in…
Geneva Roundtable on Missing Persons as a Result of the Conflict in Kosovo
Geneva - 30 June, 2017: On 29 and 30 June 2017, members of the Working Group on Persons Unaccounted for in Relation to the Events in Kosovo, representatives of UNMIK, the ICRC, and the UN Working Group on Missing Persons and…