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Upper Nile state joins its nine counterparts in South Sudan by establishing a Technical Committee to protect and uphold child rights. Photo by Samuel Adwok/UNMISS Upper Nile state finally witnessed the creation of its long…
Hate Speech: Digital Actors from Eleven African Countries Met in Douala. Photo Nations unies Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon, hosted from Tuesday 26 to Friday 30 October 2021, a regional forum to raise awareness and…
With the signing of a peace deal in 2018, new hope was born in conflict-ridden South Sudan. However, much remains to be done to increase momentum in ongoing peace processes. To this end, the United Nations Mission in South…
Upper Nile state finally witnessed the creation of its long-awaited Child Protection Technical Committee, which is tasked with implementing the Comprehensive Action Plan aimed at ending and preventing the six grave violations…
Humanitarian | OCHA releases Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022 OCHA released the consolidated Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022, which estimates that a total of 7.7 million Somalis will need humanitarian assistance in…
Dr Roshan Jayamanna, an UNMISS peacekeeper from Sri Lanka deployed to Bor, and his team have battled COVID-19 to ensure they provide uninterrupted healthcare for Blue Berets as well as local communities here. Photo by Gideon…
“My desire to be a military doctor originates from the civil war in my country, Sri Lanka, when I heard stories of wounded soldiers being treated by them,” reveals Dr Roshan Jayamanna, a colonel serving as a medical…
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Dakar - Libreville, 29 October 2021 - Mr. Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and Mr. François Louncény FALL…
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Humanitarian | OCHA releases Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022 OCHA released the consolidated Humanitarian Needs Overview for 2022, which estimates that a total of 7.7 million Somalis will need humanitarian assistance in…
On 29 October, staff and families from the UN Office of the Special Adviser (OSASG) on Cyprus participated in the ‘Let’s do it! Cyprus’ campaign, aimed at raising awareness and participation of the public in the protection…
This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. Security Council Special Envoy warns of wider regional implications after unrest in Sudan Parfait…
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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Volker Perthes, remains in constant contact with all sides to facilitate a political solution in line with the Constitutional Document. UNITAMS is actively coordinating…