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- This Week in DPPA
This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. Secretary-General visits Ukraine, announces head of Fact Finding Mission on Olenivka prison incident…
- MINURSO News
On 20 August, MINURSO celebrated the State Foundation Day of Hungary by raising their national flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune. Hungary has been involved in UN peacekeeping operations since the 1990s. In 1995, Hungary…
Since conflict erupted at the end of June this year, communities in Rualbet, Warrap, have suffered greatly. Currently, stability is slowly returning to the area but humanitarian needs are growing, exacerbated by the rainy…
With ongoing cattle raids and revenge attacks, the usually peaceful fabric of life in Ikotos, Eastern Equatoria, is in tatters. People have fled to safer areas, and many have moved out of the country itself. Community members…
Since conflict erupted at the end of June this year, communities in Rualbet, Warrap, have suffered greatly. Currently, stability is slowly returning to the area but humanitarian needs are growing, exacerbated by the rainy season. A high-level delegation, including government officials and humanitarian partners, joined an UNMISS air patrol to convene with community members and assess the situation on the ground. Photo by Zejin Yin/UNMISS
WARRAP – Following an upsurge in violence in the remote Rualbet area of Warrap, an air patrol piloted by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) stands ready to take an integrated team of peace brokers to meet affected…
With ongoing cattle raids and revenge attacks, the usually peaceful fabric of life in Ikotos, Eastern Equatoria, is in tatters. People have fled to safer areas, and many have moved out of the country itself. Community members are urgently calling for peace initiatives and dialogue-based interventions, as a visiting integrated peace team led by UNMISS discovered. Photo by Okello James/UNMISS
EASTERN EQUATORIA – The past three months have been a trying time for communities living in Ikotos county in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state. Conflict sparked in April this year because of a cattle raid; since then, the…
- Our Work
A delegation led by the Ambassador of the European Union in Colombia, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and the Director of Reintegration of the United Nations Verification Mission…
With the security situation in Tambura, Western Equatoria, slowly improving after months of violence, UNMISS together with local implementing partner Anika Women's Organization, held a three-month skills training for 60…
With the security situation in Tambura, Western Equatoria, slowly improving after months of violence, UNMISS together with local implementing partner Anika Women's Organization, held a three-month skills training for 60 displaced persons. Photo by Denis Louro/UNMISS
WESTERN EQUATORIA - Nearly a year after a massive outbreak of violence in Western Equatoria’s greater Tambura region, which led to tens of thousands being displaced while numerous others were killed or injured, there is a…
It has been 19 years since the terrorist attack on the UN compound at the Canal Hotel in Baghdad: “the darkest day in our lives at the United Nations”, in the words of the Secretary-General at the time, Kofi Annan. The truck…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, received the new Head of the Liaison Office of Romania in Kosovo, Mr. Alin Ciocănea, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed recent…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, received the new Head of the Liaison Office of Romania in Kosovo, Mr. Alin Ciocănea, at UNMIK Headquarters. They discussed recent…