CENTRAL/WESTERN EQUATORIA– Frequent cattle raids and retaliatory attacks have often threatened South Sudan’s fragile peace. But in some states, solutions are being found through constructive dialogue and community-led agreements. An example of such grassroots-focused peacebuilding is Mundri in Western Equatoria, where as a gesture of reconciliation and commitment, the Central Equatoria State Government just handed over 11 stolen cattle. Based on…
Over the past week, UNIFIL peacekeepers have ramped up support to the people displaced from the mission’s area of operations, especially those forced from towns and villages close to the Blue Line due to ongoing hostilities. Beneficiaries included internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltering both within and outside the UNIFIL area of operations. On 25 April, the mission’s Italian peacekeepers delivered a donation comprising medicines, hygiene…
A brief roundup of United Nations political and peacebuilding events and developments globally. USG DiCarlo briefs Council on DPRK’s advancing missile and nuclear capabilities On 30 April, Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, said the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) pursuit of nuclear weapons and its ballistic missile programmes remain a matter of serious concern. Briefing the…
In exercising her good offices functions, the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, met this week with officials in Israel and in Lebanon for discussions on consolidating the cessation of hostilities and paving the way to lasting stability on both sides of the Blue Line. In Israel, the Special Coordinator discussed with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Defense Minister Israel Katz the need for solutions capable of…
Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo's Remarks to the Security Council on Non-proliferation/DPRK New York, 30 April 2026 Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, This year marks the beginning of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s new Five-Year Military Development Plan for 2026-2030. The DPRK’s Ninth Party Congress, held from 19 to 25 February, noted that under this Plan, the DPRK will introduce “new secret arsenals and…
Mogadishu, 30 April 2026 – A United Kingdom (UK) government delegation has concluded a two-day visit to the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), undertaking a strategic mission assessment ahead of forthcoming deliberations by the United Nations Security Council on the mission’s mandate and support operations. The five-member delegation—comprising representatives from the UK Mission to the United Nations, the Foreign, Commonwealth and…
HERAT - To help improve local governance, civil society representatives came together at a UN-backed conference in Herat to detail plans to become more involved in provincial development projects and administrative affairs…
This technical structure is the result of one of the recommendations issued from the regular consultations between the United Nations Mission in Congo (MONUSCO) and the Territorial Administration; its main mission is to…
North-Kivu youth have acquired a site that will host the youth cultural center in the Great Lakes Region. The leader of the North-Kivu youth received from the provincial youth minister, the property documents of the site…
On 12 august 2015, UNAMID Commemorated the International Day of Youth in Al Salam camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), near El Fasher, North Darfur, under the theme “Youth and Civic Engagement”. More than 500…
On 11 August 2015, UNAMID culminated a social week at Shalla Federal Prison, in El Fasher, North Darfur, under the theme “Together Toward Safe, Secure, Healthy and Peaceful Community through Social Reform”. The event, which…
Action Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA)
16 August 2015 - Brandishing placards and chanting slogans, internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the UN base in Bentiu, Unity State, today peacefully protested any delay in signing a peace deal. The IDPs called on President…