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- This Week in DPPA
20 - 26 July 2019 This Week in DPPA aims to keep you abreast of developments and events on the agenda of the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, at UN HQ and in the field, and especially those that sometimes…
- Security Council
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, This is an important year for Afghanistan, as the population marks the 100th year of its independence. As the Deputy Secretary-General has just highlighted, the country is…
Civil-military dialogue in Magwi, Eastern Equatoria. Worries over unrest flaring up once again are fading away among the civilian population in Magwi in Eastern Equatoria, following a civil-military dialogue initiated by the…
The Command of UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) changed during a transfer of ceremony held at the GHANBATT Headquarters in Al-Qawzah, South-western Lebanon last week. The 16 July ceremony saw the passing on of command…
When Rebecca Dokoro Bilal returned from Khartoum to her native South Sudan she became a farmer. How can a poor, war-torn, post-conflict country prepare itself to reintegrate thousands of refugees and internally displaced…
From 24-26 July 2019, the Under-Secretary General (USG) for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, visited the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). During his visit, Mr. Lacroix met with the leaders of the two…
From 24-26 July 2019, the Under-Secretary General (USG) for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, visited the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). During his visit, Mr. Lacroix met with the leaders of the two…
- News stories
Mogadishu - Despite “considerable progress” in its political, economic, social and human rights situation over the past six years, “there is much more to do” in Somalia, a United Nations expert said today, while calling on…
Worries over unrest flaring up once again are fading away among the civilian population in Magwi in Eastern Equatoria, following a civil-military dialogue initiated by the United Nations mission in South Sudan. “We the women…
- Peacekeepers' Corner
The Command of UNIFIL’s Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) changed during a transfer of ceremony held at the GHANBATT Headquarters in Al-Qawzah, South-western Lebanon last week. The 16 July ceremony saw the passing on of command…
Mogadishu, 25 July 2019— The United Nations in Somalia today marked the arrival of a new contingent of Ugandan peacekeepers charged with ensuring the safety of the world body’s staff in their compound in the capital city…
How can a poor, war-torn, post-conflict country prepare itself to reintegrate thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons expected to return to their homes? Maybe by learning from its own recent history. That was…