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Multipurpose Mercy Corps builds resilient local communities
Food deliveries, cash assistance, cholera response, market recoveries, vocational skills trainings. You name the support activity, humanitarian organization Mercy Corps is likely to be involved in it. Country Director…
UNMISS conducts a CIMIC event with communities of Makembele
The UNMISS civilian and military components organized an outreach event with the communities around the UNMISS’ dumping site at Makembele, Rumbek. The communities received trainings on health awareness, the Mission’s mandate…
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Remarks at he Peace Bell Ceremony to commemorate the International Day of Peace [as delivered]. Read more. http://bit.ly/2cCsSL6
Peace actors launch peace activism campaign
The South Sudan Peace and Reconciliation Commission launched a 7-day peace activism campaign in the run up to the International Day of Peace due on 21 st September 2016. The drive will feature radio interactions, dialogues…
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF - To help activists leverage the UN Human Rights System, an international human rights booklet was officially launched in Dari and Pashto at a UN-backed event in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Balkh province. The one…
Famous Lebanese actor, Nidal al-Ashqar, gives a theatre workshop for young actors at Marjayoun’s National College.
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One of July mornings was a little different for some 16 students of National College in Marjayoun, south-eastern Lebanon. They had gathered at the College’s main hall in a circle, one time humming to hone their vocalism, and…
15 September - On a statement released yesterday the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, Mr. Modibo Ibrahim Touré, welcomed the signing in Bissau, on 10 September 2016, of a roadmap for exiting from the political crisis and affirmed that the United Nations remains committed to assist the country in this regard.
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“It marks an encouraging step in the pursuit of stability in the country”, said Mr. Touré. The agreement was reached at the end of the ECOWAS high-level mission to Guinea-Bissau by President Alpha Condé of Guinea President…
Security Council votes to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) through the end of 2016. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine
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14 September 2016 – The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) through the end of the year, while reaffirming its readiness to consider withdrawing the operation…
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…
As part of the continuing processes of the United Nations in fulfilling its mandate in the Abyei region, the Acting Head of Mission / Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Major…
SdeM: Sorry for changing hours but you can imagine there have been a lot of internal discussions and there has been a lot verification with the field as well. So I will say a few words then as usual give the floor to Jan…
UNMISS in Rumbek organizes advocacy meeting on child marriages
Early marriage is a harmful cultural practice which severely deprives children of their rights to childhood and education. Early marriage was also the topic of an advocacy meeting organized by UNMISS for women living in…