In line with UNIFIL’s ongoing efforts to alleviate the hardships faced by people displaced from towns and villages in southern Lebanon, peacekeepers have continued to expand their support to affected populations currently staying both inside and outside the mission’s area of operations. The beneficiaries included those forced from areas heavily impacted by the recent and ongoing hostilities – particularly those from areas near the Blue Line whose…
A brief roundup of United Nations political and peacebuilding events and developments globally. Deputy Special Envoy Cordone highlights accountability efforts and ongoing challenges in Syria On 15 May, Claudio Cordone, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General (DSESG) for Syria, highlighted before the Security Council progress on accountability efforts in the country and sustained regional and international engagement. He warned, however…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert of the Netherlands as his new Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS). She will succeed Gilles Michaud of Canada, to whom the Secretary-General expressed his outmost gratitude for his leadership and tireless service to the Organization amidst the challenges posed by the…
Depuis fin mars 2026, 400 nouveaux jeunes, dont 201 femmes, de la préfecture du Bamingui-Bangoran acquièrent de nouvelles compétences qui leur permettront, à termes, de développer des activités génératrices de revenus. Pour tous les bénéficiaires de la phase 9 du Programme de réduction de violences communautaires de la MINUSCA, le CVR est synonyme de l’espoir retrouvé pour un avenir meilleur. Entre apprentissage professionnel et éducation au ‘…
13 May 2026. Approximately 90 guests commemorated the 37 th anniversary of the political party dialogue hosted by Slovakia in Cyprus at an event organized by the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Nicosia in the buffer zone at Ledra Palace Hotel. Sergiy Illarionov, Head of the Good Offices Mission of the UN Secretary-General in Cyprus gave remarks, in addition to Denisa Saková, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of the Slovak…
The Secretary-General welcomes the deal reached between the parties to the conflict in Yemen to release more than 1,600 conflict-related detainees, the largest such release agreed upon since the start of the conflict in Yemen. This achievement is the result of weeks of direct negotiations in Amman, Jordan, under the auspices of the United Nations. The Secretary-General calls on the parties to move swiftly toward implementing the deal in…
Dozens of community leaders and traditional chiefs took part, from 12 to 13 May 2026, in a series of training sessions held simultaneously in Mambasa-centre (Mambasa territory) and in Gina and Risasi (Djugu territory), in Ituri province. Organized by MONUSCO’s Civil Affairs Section in collaboration with the Provincial Territorial Administration Inspectorate and Civil Protection services, the trainings aimed to strengthen community-based civilian…
عربي (Arabic Translation) The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcome a significant contribution from the People of Japan to launch a joint two-year project aimed at restoring agricultural livelihoods and strengthening resilience in northwest Syria. This is the first-ever joint FAO-UNMAS project globally. The "Project for the Clearance of Mine and Unexploded Ordnance…
MONUSCO rolls out the construction work of a health clinic for the PNC in Tanganyika. Photo MONUSCO/UNPOL The laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a health clinic for the Congolese National Police (PNC) in…
The laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a health clinic for the Congolese National Police (PNC) in Tanganyika took place on Wednesday July 1, 2020 in Kalemie, Tanganyika province. It is Mr. Houmed Ibrahim…
The United Nations police (UNPOL) sector serving within MONUSCO in Kananga, Kasaï-Central province, organized with its partners, a brainstorming workshop around the coordination of the responses in the context of the fight…
The Civil society in Bahema-Nord, Djugu Territory, Ituri province, has welcomed MONUSCO’s action which helped to restore calm in this entity located approximately 73 kilometres from Bunia, east of the DRC. The head of this…
With the December 2020 presidential elections less than six months away, preparations for the 2020/2021 election cycle in the Central African Republic (CAR) are now underway. Voter registration commenced on Tuesday, 30 June…
With the December 2020 presidential elections less than six months away, preparations for the 2020/2021 election cycle in the Central African Republic (CAR) are now underway. Voter registration commenced on Tuesday, 30 June…
Can you tell us how the COVID-19 pandemic is progressing in Western Africa? The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to increase in West Africa. Of the 47 countries in the WHO African Region (which is mainly sub-Saharan Africa and…
UPDATE ON MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATION INVOLVING UNITED NATIONS TRUCE SUPERVISION ORGANIZATION STAFF MEMBERS According to information initially gathered by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) as part of its…
Desert locust | FAO and Government spray almost 30,000 hectares in desert locust efforts By air and ground, desert locust control operations are protecting people’s lives and livelihoods across Somalia. Ahead of the main Gu…
27 June - 2 July 2020 This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. COVID-19 Somalia – visit to laboratory James Swan, Special Representative and…
Photo by Deepak Tiwari, UNAMID. El Fasher, 2 July 2020- As part of its drawdown and liquidation process, prior to its planned exit from Darfur at the end of December 2020, UNAMID on 29 June handed over its former Integrated…