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Each year, the International Day for People of African Descent celebrates the diverse heritage and culture of people of African descent and their enormous contribution to our societies throughout history. Yet, around the…
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) and the United Nations Office Against Drugs and…
31 August 2022 - The Security and Gender Group (SGG) expresses its indignation and strongly condemns the alleged rape of an 11-year-old girl in Pristina in August 2022. The group calls upon relevant institutions to take…
Mr. Kamara , a United States citizen of Sierra Leonean descent , joined the U nited Nations in 1993 and served with distinction at UN Headquarters and in many field missions. He was appointed Director of UNSOA and Director of…
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Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the main developments in Libya over the past month. Since the last Security Council meeting on Libya on 25 July, the United Nations has continued…
Juba, 30 August 2022: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) welcomes today’s graduation of more than 20,000 members of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF) to form a unified national army, police, and other…
Conscious of the existence of this scourge and its negative impact in such a volatile context faced by the DRC in general and Ituri in particular, the provincial bureau of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), with…
[Near Verbatim] President of the Republic of South Sudan, Your Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Sovereignty Council of the Republic of Sudan, His Excellency Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, President to the Republic of…
Forty social actors from the Ituri province have attended a two-Day training in Bunia with support from the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office of MONUSCO/Photo MONUSCO Conscious of the existence of this scourge and its…
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Caroline Ziadeh, reaffirms that the UN’s deepest thoughts are…
UNMISS Deputy Special Representative and Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator, Sara Beysolow Nyanti, recently visited newly displaced people seeking refuge in Adidiyang, Upper Nile, following recent clashes in Tonga. Photo by…
UPPER NILE – Following an outbreak of violence in Tonga in the Upper Nile region of South Sudan, humanitarian needs have risen exponentially, with tens of thousands being displaced. In the wake of this unprecedented crisis…