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Chief Warrant Officer Jeanne d'Arc KOHOU or the needle of solidarity
Chief Warrant Officer Jeanne d'Arc KOHOU is a regular at UN peace operations. Her first mission was to Haiti, from 2011 to 2013, where she oversaw gender issues in a police station within the capital, Port-au-Prince. Her…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
New York, 21 September 2022 Peace is a noble and necessary pursuit, and the only practical pathway to a better, fairer world for all people. Yet in too many places, in too many contexts, we are failing the cause of peace. The…
As Delivered: Briefing to the Security Council on the situation in South Sudan by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, on 16 September 2022
Madame President, 1. Thank you for the opportunity to brief this Council on the situation in South Sudan. 2. Since 2018, the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) has…
UNRCCA CO-ORGANIZES A FOUNDATION COURSE ON FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND COUNTERING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan To support Turkmenistan in strengthening its legal framework, policies and national strategies on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism, UNRCCA, in partnership with the UN…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE OZONE LAYER
New York, 16 September 2022 Today, we celebrate 35 years of the Montreal Protocol’s success in protecting the stratospheric ozone layer against synthetic chemicals that also cause climate heating. Thanks to a global agreement…
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Visit of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa to Angola on the occasion of the Investiture Ceremony of the President and Vice-President of the Republic
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abdou Abarry, makes his first visit to Angola for the occasion of the…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY
New York, 15 September 2022 Today marks the 15 th anniversary of the International Day of Democracy. Yet across the world, democracy is backsliding. Civic space is shrinking. Distrust and disinformation are growing. And…
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140 peacekeepers from the8th detachment of the Cambodian demining contingent receive the United Nations Medal
A united Nations peace medal ceremony for elements of the 8th detachment of the Cambodian Explosive Ordnance Disposal Contingent (EOD Team) took place on 10 September 2022 at the MINUSMA camp in Gao. Intended to salute the…
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Elite peacekeeping force protects communities in Gao, Mali in the wake of terrorist attacks
It was a warm summer night in Gao, Northern Mali, when people suddenly woke up to the cries of women, men and children. A coordinated attack by terrorist groups on 18 June cost the lives of dozens of civilians in remote…
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Rotation of Nigeria's formed police unit: joy for those leaving, determination for those arriving
After spending 20 months on Malian soil, elements of the formed police unit of the Federal Republic of Nigeria deployed to the United Nations Police (UNPOL/MINUSMA) in Timbuktu, are returning home. A total of 70 of them…