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MINUSMA Peacekeepers assist the communities of Anefis and Tanbankort in Kidal and Gao regions
As part of the military Operations Seka and Trailblazer, the Bangladeshi contingent of MINUSMA Force organized several civil-military activities from May 18 to 22 in of Anefis and Tabankort towns. To maintain good relations…
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In Mali, meet the military doctors on the front line of peacekeeping
The United Nations Peace Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Blue Helmets. Since its deployment in 2013, more than 250 MINUSMA peacekeepers have lost their lives there. They have…
Remarks by the Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, at the 22nd RJMEC Plenary Meeting
RJMEC Interim-Chair, Members of the RJMEC Board, Excellencies and distinguished guests, I thank RJMEC for convening this meeting and the opportunity to brief you today. I would like to begin by acknowledging the positive…
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Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on adoption of law abolishing death penalty in CAR
GENEVA (1 June 2022) - I commend the adoption of a law in the Central African Republic abolishing the death penalty and encourage President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to promulgate it. The death penalty is incompatible with…
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Mboahangy Fana Rakotoarisoa - United Nations Trailblazer Award for Women Justice and Corrections Officers Nominee
Mboahangy “Fana” Rakotoarisoa is a Strategic Planning Officer in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) corrections component, a role that requires the highest level of…
UNRCCA PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY ACADEMY COMPLETED TWO ONLINE TRAINING SEMINARS
The UNRCCA within its Preventive Diplomacy Academy (PDA) initiative organized two online training seminars in May 2022 for forty-two youth representatives from Central Asian countries and Afghanistan. The first seminar titled…
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions, 30 May 2022
The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID), UN Representative Cihan Sultanoğlu, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Viorel Moșanu, and EU Special Representative Toivo Klaar are currently…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS
New York, 29 May 2022 Today, we honour the more than one million women and men who have served as United Nations peacekeepers since 1948. We pay tribute to the nearly 4,200 heroes and heroines who sacrificed their lives in…
Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Nicholas Haysom's remarks on International Day of UN Peacekeepers
[Near Verbatim] Minister of Peace Building, Honourable Stephen Par Kuol; Excellencies, members of the diplomatic community; My fellow UN colleagues and peacekeepers; Distinguished ladies and gentlemen. It is my pleasure to…
UNRCCA CO-ORGANIZES REGIONAL TRAINING COURSE ON PREVENTING VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND COUNTERING TERRORISM
On 24-25 May, UNRCCA in partnership with the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and its International Hub on Behavioural Insights to Counter-Terrorism organised the training course “Application of Behavioural Insights in…