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Millennium Post
March 26, 2018
New Delhi: A 140-member squad of paramilitary force CISF was flagged off on Monday for rendering United Nations-mandated security duties in the Caribbean island of Haiti. The contingent will render civil police duties and assist local police under the umbrella of the United Nations Stabilisation Mission inÃÂ ...
Talk Media News
March 26, 2018
Among those ordered to leave the U.S. were 12 officials posted to Russia's United Nations mission that the State Department classified as, “intelligence operatives…who have abused their privilege of residence in the United States.” According to a 1947 treaty outlining America's role as the host country ofÃÂ ...
The New Indian Express
March 24, 2018
UNITED NATIONS: As the UN mission in Liberia successfully completes its mandate, the role of an all-female contingent of peacekeepers from India deployed with it is being highlighted for inspiring women in the West African nation to become police officers. The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)ÃÂ ...
UN News
March 23, 2018
The UN mission, known as UNMIL, was established by the UN Security Council in 2003 after a peace agreement was signed to end the fighting. The mission created a security environment that enabled more than a million refugees and displaced persons return to their homes; supported the holding ofÃÂ ...
UN News
March 9, 2018
Mongolia first joined United Nations peacekeeping in 2002 with the deployment of two unarmed military observers to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Soon after that, it sent two more officers to the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since then, Mongolia hasÃÂ ...
UN News
March 8, 2018
UN mission welcomes Afghan Government's proposal for peace talks with Taliban. 28 February 2018. Peace and Security. The United Nations mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday welcomed the Government's renewed call for unconditional peace talks with the Taliban and expressed strong support for itsÃÂ ...
Rotor & Wing International
December 31, 1999
The Canadian government is sending a fleet of Chinook helicopters to Mali for a year-long United Nations peacekeeping mission. The mission is the U.N.'s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), according to a statement made by Canada's Department of National Defence.
UN News
December 31, 1999
UN mission will leave Liberia with great potential for lasting stability, democracy – UN deputy chief ... As part of her visit to Liberia Amina Mohammed, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, celebrated the successful closure of the UN mission there, which she said set the stage for sustained peace in theÃÂ ...
Seattle Times
February 22, 2018
“We cannot simply decide that there is a cease-fire,” Nebenzia said Wednesday in an audio recording from Russia's U.N. Mission. “That's a long and complex process to achieve. Cessations cannot be established by putting a word in the resolution.” Soon after final draft of the resolution was circulated,ÃÂ ...
Xinhua
February 21, 2018
CARACAS, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela on Tuesday invited the United Nations to send an observers team to oversee its presidential elections on April 22. A formal invitation was delivered to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, president of the National Electoral Council, Tibisay Lucena, said.
TASS
February 17, 2018
MUNICH, February 17. /TASS/. The European Union may begin a gradual lifting of the sanctions off Russia, if the idea of the UN mission to Donbass is implemented, Germany's Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. "We must achieve ceasefire inÃÂ ...
The New Times
February 16, 2018
Chuol Kun Ruai stays at the UN mission's protection site in Malakal, Upper Nile. Chuol makes regular visits to Malakal town to conduct activities related to his work in the field of data collection. He is happy with plans by the UN mission's field office to begin nimble and robust joint patrols involving the UNÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
February 16, 2018
JACOB RUAI The United Nations Mission in South Sudan is financing the renovation and expansion of the airstrip in Rubkona County in the Unity region. When completed, the airport will greatly facilitate the access of humanitarian partners to assist the population in the area. More than 100,000 people areÃÂ ...
Morocco World News
February 15, 2018
Rabat – Seeking to decrease U.S. financial contributions to UN-led operations, the Trump administration unveiled, earlier this week, a 2019 budget proposal calling for a substantial cut in the U.S. financial share in peacekeeping missions and similar global operations. The Department of State, in the newÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
February 14, 2018
US President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to decrease its financial contributions to the Middle East in 2019, most notably to UN missions in Lebanon, the occupied Golan Heights, and Western Sahara. The plan, revealed on Monday, is unlikely to make it past sceptical politicians in Congress,ÃÂ ...
Geo News, Pakistan
February 13, 2018
NEW YORK: A book of condolences in honour of the memory of Asma Jahangir, a leading Pakistan lawyer and United Nations human rights rapporteur, was opened for signature on Tuesday at the Pakistan Mission to the UN in New York. Asma Jahangir died of a heart attack in Lahore on Sunday, aged 66.
UN News Centre
February 9, 2018
9 February 2018 – Lieutenant Colonel Katie Hislop of the United Kingdom said she was happy to serve as a role model for young women considering a career with the armed forces. The mother of two was the only woman to head a military contingent at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). “I recognize thatÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
February 8, 2018
Nasralla sent a team of representatives from his party with the six conditions to a meeting the U.N. mission that arrived into the capital Tegucigalpa Tuesday. While he called the meeting “fruitful” he did slam the international organization for having “no interest in resolving the crisis" especially after the “bad”à...
CNBCAfrica.com
February 7, 2018
United Nations Mission in South Sudan welcomes release of hundreds of former child soldiers in Yambio. By ... officially released by armed groups in Yambio to begin reintegrating into their communities and learning new skills to support themselves, according to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
UN News Centre
February 7, 2018
6 February 2018 – After 14 years of serving in the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), an official farewell ceremony was held on Tuesday in the capital, Monrovia, to honour the last departing Police and Military personnel serving there. “Today, Liberia is a success story and classical example of a post conflict nationÃÂ ...
Prensa Latina
February 6, 2018
Talks in Washington on UN Mission's Deployment in Donbass ... envoy of the United States for Ukraine, Kurt Volter, met in Washington with former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko to discuss the deployment of a United Nations mission in the conflictive region of Donbass, local television reported today.
Xinhua
February 6, 2018
BEIRUT, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Head Michael Beary chaired Monday the first tripartite meeting of 2018 with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the UN headquarters at Ras Al Naqoura. "DiscussionsÃÂ ...
Carnegie Europe
February 5, 2018
Nevertheless, Western allies redoubled their diplomatic efforts to find a workable solution for a UN mission with several parallel tracks of negotiations, including a direct U.S.-Russia channel between Kurt Volker, U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations, and his Russian counterpart, VladislavÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
January 24, 2018
Established in 2013, MINUSMA supports the Malian peace agreement by helping to restore State authority, advance diplomacy, strengthen security and promote human rights. As Tahir and his fellow Chadian peacekeepers set out on their daily patrol through the dusty streets of Kidal, in northern Mali, theÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
January 24, 2018
“Many of those who came here in this UN Mission are dead, others will have the scars of their wounds for life,” Tahir said, referring to his fellow Chadians who have served with MINUSMA. Established in 2013, MINUSMA supports the Malian peace agreement by helping to restore State authority, advanceÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
January 17, 2018
17 January 2018 – The United Nations Mission in the troubled Central African Republic, known by its French acronym, MINUSCA, has given armed groups in the north of the country 48 hours to clear out. The Mission wants to clear a 50 kilometre perimeter around the town allowing displaced persons to return. Over the lastÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
January 13, 2018
The United Nations and donors from a number of diplomatic missions working in South Sudan are exploring ways to curb the growing number of child rights violations in the face of the ongoing fighting. Launched on 11 January, the team calling itself the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict,ÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
January 13, 2018
... of Indian peacekeepers from the United Nations mission there, who rebuilt a bridge and connected his village to a major provincial town. In addition to Akoka locals, the bridge – built by the 'blue helmets' from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in record time – has greatly benefited humanitarians,ÃÂ ...
Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news
January 13, 2018
The mission of the UN Office of Project Services (UNOPS) and European Union experts started to work in the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine in order to identify the SFS needs in the field of information technologies. In particular, that involves a study of the IT development in the SFS, analysis of the situationÃÂ ...
Khmer Times
January 3, 2018
Cambodia will send 184 soldiers to a UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon in mid-January to take over from Cambodia's blue hat forces there. General Chhum Sucheat, a spokesman for the National Defence Ministry, told Khmer Times: “Cambodia will send 184 soldiers to join a UN peacekeeping missionÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
January 3, 2018
3 January 2018 – The head of the new United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti, known as MINUJUSTH, has said the operation will carry out its work in an innovative in the island nation – complete with an unusually tight timeframe and a bench-marking exit strategy. Describing what is unique about the mission,ÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
December 30, 2017
... civilians had gathered to commemorate a national day. So far, about 100 casualties have been reported, including scores of civilians killed. There are, however, fears the number may rise. Preliminary findings also indicate many children among the casualties. Human rights teams from the UN Mission areÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
December 28, 2017
28 December 2017 – The legacy of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the outgoing President of Liberia, is connected to the legacy of the United Nations Mission in the country (UNMIL), which will wind down in March after 15 years of operations, a senior UN official said. In an interview with UN News, Farid Zarif, the head of UNMIL, saidÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
December 22, 2017
22 December 2017 – Welcoming the signing of an agreement on cessation of hostilities and improving humanitarian access in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the country (UNMISS) has urged all parties to work collectively to ensure durable peace in the nation. “The Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities,ÃÂ ...
TASS
December 31, 1999
According to the diplomat, Rome's position is that the deployment of the UN mission in Donbass "potentially could unblock the conflict." Italy, as OSCE's chair, is interested in the highest coordination between OSCE and UN. "But, clearly, here would be necessary a direct dialogue between Russia andÃÂ ...
UN News Centre
December 31, 1999
The mother of two was the only woman to head a military contingent at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). .... The UN mission was initially mandated to support the Government in consolidating peace, thus fostering longer-term state building and economic development, among otherÃÂ ...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has received four allegations of misconduct, including three allegations of sexual exploitation, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday. Those allegations involve military peacekeepers from SouthÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
December 31, 1999
The Donald Trump administration today unveiled a budget blueprint for next year that calls for slashing the US contribution to the United Nations mission in Lebanon by almost half while pursuing similar cuts to international peacekeeping missions around the world. The State Department budget proposalÃÂ ...
TASS
December 31, 1999
MOSCOW, February 1. /TASS/. The US has killed the Russian-drafted resolution stipulating the setup of a new mechanism to look into the chemical weapons incidents in Syria, Russia's Permanent Mission to the UN said on Twitter. .@USUN deliberately omits that they came last to kill our #UNSC resolutionÃÂ ...
Sahara Press Service
December 31, 1999
New York, January 8, 2018 (SPS) - Morocco had strongly opposed the United Nations' request to dispatch a technical mission to El Guergarat to examine ways to resolve the crisis in this buffer zone in the south of Western Sahara, The Polisario Front told APS on Saturday. The UN mission provided for inÃÂ ...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
KABUL, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that the recent Kabul deadly suicide attack may amount to a war crime, the UN mission said on Monday. The mission released its preliminary findings into the Jan. 4 suicide attack in Kabul, where theÃÂ ...
TASS
December 5, 2017
BERLIN, December 5. /TASS/. Parameters of a United Nations mission to Donbass cannot be agreed because of the gap in Russia's and the West's approaches, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Tuesday. Read also ...
Reliefweb
December 4, 2017
At the invitation of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Heads of the United Nations Missions in West Africa held their 31st High-level Meeting on 1Â ...
Xinhua
December 3, 2017
MOGADISHU, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Somalia will on Monday host a national security conference to secure support for the comprehensive list of requirements of security officers ahead of African Union peacekeepers' exit, officials said on Sunday. The conference, which the African Union Mission in Somalia ...
Myjoyonline.com
December 3, 2017
The Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has warned Ghanaian soldiers on United Nations peacekeeping mission not to engage in any sexual activities. He said violating this directive amounts to misconduct, and one risks being sacked from the army if he/she goes contrary to the directive. Addressing some ...
Global News Network
December 1, 2017
... Special Representative for Mali and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and the host, Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and head of UN Mission in Liberia today addressed journalists on the Liberian situation, ...
UN News Centre
November 24, 2017
... Guterres called “outrageous” attacks against the UN mission in the country. Mr. Guterres joined his Special Representative for Mali, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, and the Security Council in strongly condemning the attacks against the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)Â ...
The Moscow Times
November 17, 2017
A war of words between Russia and the United States has spilled onto social media after Russia vetoed a United Nations resolution on ...
TASS
November 16, 2017
Moscow hopes for a display of common sense by Western counterparts regarding the deployment of a UN mission in eastern Ukraine, Russian ...
Xinhua
November 16, 2017
JUBA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said Thursday it was hopeful of renewing its mandate in the war-torn ...
