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Since quarantine was decreed in Colombia, numbers of gender-based violence have increased. Just in Nariño, between January and May 2020, 584 cases of violence against women have been reported, according to data issued by the…
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NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. The UN Security Council is scheduled to…
22 - 28 August 2020 This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. COVID-19 Interview with the Resident Coordinator in Chad In the video series…
Thank you so much Jenifer and let me start by saying it is good to see you despite this late hour on Saturday. So, we just concluded the session, after what I call a challenging week, but I was extremely pleased, of course…
Peacekeepers from Ghana use their own funds to equip more than 30 displaced women residing in the UN Protection Site in Bentiu with trading items for starting their own businesses. In a bid to motivate displaced women towards…
Call for applications for the recruitment of an international Consultant for the scoping study of “Climate Security Project in Central Africa”. Application should be sent by Email to Ms Megumi Yoshii ( yoshii@un.org ) copying…
In a bid to motivate displaced women towards becoming entrepreneurs, UNMISS peacekeepers from Ghana teamed up with civilian staff from the mission’s Relief, Reintegration and Protection (RRP) section to hand over essential…
A few weeks ago, the second edition of the Regional Service Centre Entebbe (RSCE) two-week step challenge came to a close. In this new edition, staff from the entire Entebbe Support Base (ESB) were asked to form teams of 5…
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New York – The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2540 extending the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 August 2021. In the resolution, the Council also touched upon a range of…
Between April and June 2020, the overall number of civilians affected by violence decreased by 8 per cent, despite an increase by more than half (52 per cent) in the number of incidents, as compared with the first quarter of…
Seventeen former combatants in the process of reintegration, belonging to the civil humanitarian demining organization HUMANICEMOS DH, passed the evaluations to carry out Non-Technical Surveys. These personnel will identify…
Youth leaders at an UNMISS-organized forum in Yambio discussing how to achieve durable peace in their communities. Youth leaders from Yambio and beyond have pledged to be ambassadors of peace in their communities. They made…