Showing 1521-1530 of 8491 results found.
- Secretary-General
Secretary-General’s message for the World Tourism Day “Rethinking Tourism”
New York, 27 September 2022 World Tourism Day celebrates the power of tourism to foster inclusion, protect nature and promote cultural understanding. Tourism is a powerful driver for sustainable development. It contributes to the education and empowerment of women and youth and advances the…
- Press Releases
UNMHA Statement on Continued Civilian Deaths and Injuries in Hudaydah due to Explosive Ordnance
HUDAYDAH, 26 September 2022 – UNMHA is gravely concerned about continued civilian deaths and injuries in Hudaydah due to explosive ordnance. Since the shift of the frontlines on 12 November 2021, 242 civilian casualties consisting of 101 deaths and 141 injuries, have been reported in Hudaydah due to…
UNISFA Condemns renewed attacks in Abyei
Abyei, 26 September 2022 – The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is greatly alarmed and deeply disturbed by the renewed clashes between the Twik and Ngok Dinka communities taking place in Agok in the Sector South area, 28 kilometres from Abyei town. A report received by UNISFA…
- Secretary-General
Secretary-General’s message for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
New York, 26 September 2022 On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we reject the claim that nuclear disarmament is some impossible utopian dream. Eliminating these devices of death is not only possible, it is necessary. At a moment of rising geopolitical division…
Statement on Behalf of the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir O. Pedersen
It is devastating that dozens died after a boat sank off the Syrian coast -men, women, children and the elderly among the victims. I add my voice to those sending condolences for this tragic loss of life, many Syrians reported among the dead. These deaths could have been avoided. We must urgently do…
- Human Rights
- Governance
- Security
- Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE / Haitian people remain priority as UN commits to continuing its support
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 24September 2022: The priority of the United Nations in Haiti remains to stay and deliver on its mandate and support the people and Government of Haiti, as they face ongoing insecurity and uncertainty in the capital Port-au-Prince and across the country. UN personnel who are…
- Press Releases
Women and young people equipped for the effective implementation of Resolution 1325 and 2250 in West Africa and the Sahel
Monrovia, 23 September 2022: The United Nations Office in West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in cooperation with UN Women, organised the annual meeting of the Working Group on Women, Youth, Peace and Security in West Africa and the Sahel (WGWYPS-WAS) from 19 to 23 September 2022. About 30 women and…
- Press Releases
British Peacekeepers celebrate Eid al-Adha with community in Gao
A Long Range Reconnaissance Group (LRRG) from the United Kingdom deployed on patrol in the north of Mali to protect civilians were warmly welcomed by the local population and ended up celebrating with them one of the most important festivities of the Muslim calendar. The UK ‘LRRG’, as they are…
- Press Releases
Poupla Paul YOUL : Peacekeeper and artist at the service of Peace
Poupla Paul YOUL is an intelligence executive at the Research and Information Processing Center of the National Gendarmerie of Burkina Faso (CRTI/GN). The purpose of his mission was to collect general information, to exploit it and propose new actions to his chain of command. Now with MINUSMA since…
- Press Releases
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 dynamism in the care of victims of gender-based violence (GBV) and the follow…