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27 March 2018. Monrovia: Traditional Liberian communicators welcomes the arrival of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIL, Farid Zarif, during the popular farewell for the peacekeeping mission in the streets of Monrovia, Liberia. All these traditional communicators, members of eleven cultural organisations, have been hired by the Public Information Office in UNMIL for the past months to disseminate messages on the UNMIL termination, scheduled on March 30, and announce the United Nations, through the UN agencies, will continue to support the country on the access towards sustainable peace, education, healthcare, food security, humanitarian and development assistance.Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNMIL
The eleven groups of Traditional Communicators (TC’s) bade farewell to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) with a day of cultural singing and dancing performances, concluding almost 15 years of partnership with…
TASHKENT - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, today made a statement to participatnts at the Tashkent Conference on Afghanistan, focusing on peace, security cooperation and…
A UNIFIL Civil Affairs officer opens up a discussion with a visiting school group about the historical images on display. In a little room inside Beit al Madina in the southern city of Tyre, drawings of white doves, green…
A UNIFIL Civil Affairs officer opens up a discussion with a visiting school group about the historical images on display.
In a little room inside Beit al Madina in the southern city of Tyre, drawings of white doves, green trees, sunrise, broken fences, flying birds, and people collecting their harvest would capture your attention. All set in…
Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (screen) addresses the Security Council via videoconference on the situation in the Middle East, including the 5th report on SC Resolution 2334 - 26 March 2018
Reporting that over the past three months, Israel has advanced 22 plans for some 1,200 housing units for one area of the West Bank, a United Nations envoy warned Monday that such ongoing settlement expansion is eroding the…
Reporting that over the past three months, Israel has advanced 22 plans for some 1,200 housing units for one area of the West Bank, a United Nations envoy warned Monday that such ongoing settlement expansion is eroding the…
UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea today donated blood to the Tyre City Red Cross during a ceremony at the Korean Contingent’s main base in south-western Lebanon. A total of 42 Korean peacekeepers donated 19…
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Hargeisa - A high-level police conference was held in the “Somaliland” capital of Hargeisa yesterday and focused on strengthening the “Somaliland” Police Force. The conference discussed the implementation of comprehensive…
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New York, 26 March 2018 I am pleased to join you today to remember and commemorate the victims and survivors of the transatlantic slave trade. Lasting for over 400 years, the abominable buying and selling of human beings was…
Nickolay Mladenov (on screens), UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question - 26 March 2018
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, On behalf of the Secretary-General, I devote my regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East today to presenting the fifth report on the implementation of Security…
Baidoa - A medical team comprising of personnel from the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the international cleft lip charity ‘Smile Train’, and Bancroft Global Development, have carried out a week-long free cleft lip and…