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Women in Kuajok have expressed concerns about cultural practices impeding them from obtaining the 35 per cent representation in government that last year’s revitalized peace agreement grants them. This week, the ladies were…
For Lieutenant-Colonel Richmark Fernandes, a peacekeeper from India serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, being around animals has always brought joy. “In my village, we had a lot of chickens and cows…
Madam President, On 30 October, 150 Syrian men and women gathered in Geneva to launch a Syrian-led, Syrian-owned, credible, balanced and inclusive Constitutional Committee facilitated by the United Nations. There were 50…
- This Week in DPPA
16 - 22 November 2019 This Week in DPPA is a brief roundup of political and peacebuilding events and developments at UNHQ and around the world. New York Peacebuilding Commission discusses Youth, Peace and Security A…
People affected by violence in Rimenze meet with UN Peacekeepers on a recent visit. “It was so stressful here when they attacked us that night. But I don’t think they will return again because you are here and we believe in…
The sun is yet to rise above the skyline. But police officers and military troops are already gathering outside the gates of the Protection of Civilians site next to the United Nations compound in Juba, the capital of South…
Female leaders of civil society organizations in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria, being informed about women's rights as stipulated in the revitalized peace agreement. As if gently stirred awake by the affectionate early morning…
“It was so stressful here when they attacked us that night. But I don’t think they will return again because you are here and we believe in you.” A resident of the small town of Rimenze expresses his relief at the arrival of…
The sun is yet to rise above the skyline. But police officers and military troops are already gathering outside the gates of the Protection of Civilians site next to the United Nations compound in Juba, the capital of South…
As if gently stirred awake by the affectionate early morning rays of the sun seeping in through a gap in their bedroom curtains, a group of women in Nimule received a pleasant stroke of enlightenment as a visiting team from…
- Feature Stories
Mogadishu – The Mogadishu Tech Summit closed in the Somali capital today amidst words of praise and encouragement from the government and the United Nations, and pledges worth millions of dollars in support of technological…
I had a very good discussion with the Council both in the open and in the closed session afterward. You would have heard that there was full support to the work that we are doing in Geneva – of course, they welcomed the…