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The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) denounces the violence and looting that occurred Friday in Kaga Bandoro, following tensions between anti-Balaka and ex-Seleka elements in Ndomete and then in Kaga Bandoro. MINUSCA regrets…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.140

Today, in the Llanos (grassy planes) of Yari, the High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo, the Commander of the Strategic Transition Command (COET, in the Spanish acronym) General Javier Florez met with members of the FARC-EP Secretariat, accompanied by the chief of the UN Mission in Colombia…

Tunis, Tunisia: On 8 September, the United Nations Mine Actions Service (UNMAS) celebrated the conclusion of its third Non-Technical Survey (NTS) course, which successfully trained and equipped 10 Libyan nationals from the Military Engineers Unit who are working in the field of mine action in…

The South Sudan Commission on Human Rights just concluded its first mission to South Sudan. This Commission was established by the Human Rights Council in March 2016 under resolution 31/20. The Commission has been tasked with the following mandate: (a) To monitor and report on the situation of human…

A year ago, the world's Governments agreed on an ambitious sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years. They recognized that what people want is not so complicated -- but that it does require a transformation of how our economies and societies work. People want food and shelter; education…

Mission will be ready for ceasefire monitoring and verification on 26 September Bogotá –Following the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous support to the UN Mission in Colombia for the second time, the Mission is ready to begin verifying and monitoring the bilateral ceasefire and laying down…

A year ago, the world's Governments agreed on an ambitious sustainable development agenda for the next 15 years. They recognized that what people want is not so complicated -- but that it does require a transformation of how our economies and societies work. People want food and shelter; education…

Following a meeting with Mr. Tammam Salam, President of the Council of Ministers The Ambassadors of France, the People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon met this morning the Prime Minister Tammam Salam and…

The Force Commander /Acting Head of Mission of Mission for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Major General Hassen Ebrahim Mussa, announced at a town-hall meeting at the mission’s Headquarters in Abyei that his administration will give top priority to staff welfare, safety…