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The United Nations Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh as the Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). Major General…
Women farmers near Santander, Colombia. Photo: Charlotte Kes
Two senior United Nations officials today underscored that the centrality of women to the Colombian peace process, as shown by the 'historic commitment' by the Government and Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of…
On the 22 Sep 2016 a two (2) member delegation from the Netherlands led by Lt Col Lengkeek and a four (4) member delegation from Finland led by Lt Col Tero Koljonen visited UNDOF.
The Misrata and Tawergha Joint Committee held a meeting in Tunis on 20 and 21 July 2016 under the auspices of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of…
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PRESS STATEMENT 19/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating condemned in the strongest possible terms today’s terrorist attack in the vicinity of Mogadishu International…
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UN Volunteer Nabil is talking about his work and experience as a Public Information Officer for MONUSCO.
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HERAT - Stronger ties between industry and government will contribute to improved economic outcomes at the local and provincial level, according to participants at a UNAMA-supported forum in western Herat. More than 20 people…
The crowd stands and salutes as The Last Post is played to remember four Observer Group Lebanon (OGL) Peacekeepers who were killed in action ten years ago. They were: Major Hans-Peter Lang from Austria, Major Paeta Derek Hess-von Kruedener from Canada, Lieutenant Jarno Makinen from Finland, and Major Du Zhaoyu from China. The ceremony was held at the site of their old patrol base in Khiam, south Lebanon.
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Major General Arthur David Gawn, Head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO, began his speech with a Maori chant. The song recounted the memory of lost warriors and its…
26 July 2016, Geneva Special Envoy: Good evening. First let me say in French [ few words of condolences and condemnation of today’s church attack in France]. Today as you know we had a meeting in Geneva at the UN premises…
WFP wants South Sudan government to help recover missing trucks
The World Food Programme (WFP) has called on the authorities in South Sudan to help recover an unspecified number of supply trucks believed to have been stolen from the agency. Most of the vehicles are specialized all-terrain…
July 20, 2016 - The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers in her recent report on Guinea-Bissau, after a visit to the country last year, concluded that there is “rampant impunity, high political instability and widespread corruption, particularly within the justice system, although difficult to assess.”
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No country in the world is free from corruption. Sixty-eight percent of the world's countries have serious problems and five of the ten most corrupt countries in the world also figure in the list of the least peaceful, says…