(VOVWORLD) -The need to ensure security and safety for the forces and bases of peacekeeping missions whist enhancing women’s role in peacekeeping operations was underscored at a recent plenum of the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (C34).
The U.S. and Israel are exploring options for the future of the Gaza Strip, including the possibility of a multinational force that may involve American troops if Israeli forces succeed
Briefing journalists on the situation in Lebanon, a UN spokesperson said, “we are indeed very concerned by reports of renewed explosions in UNIFIL’s Area of Operations, the Mission is also receiving very distressing reports about one journalist being killed and others being wounded, including severely wounded.” UNIFEED
Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative for Colombia, said, “In times of tension around the world, Colombia’s case is a reminder that even the most entrenched of conflicts can be resolved through dialogue and a call to never desist in the search for peace.” UNIFEED
United Nations spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters in New York that a possible case of serious misconduct, including sexual exploitation and abuse as well as assault by UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been reported. UNIFEED
The United Nations Security Council approved Monday a one-year deployment of a multinational armed force to Haiti to be led by Kenya, nearly a year after the crisis-ridden country appealed
A spokesperson said that peacekeepers from the UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) “have launched a joint operation with the Congolese armed forces against the armed group known as CODECO.” UNIFEED
The United Nations Security Council approved Monday a one-year deployment of a multinational armed force to Haiti to be led by Kenya, nearly a year after the crisis-ridden country appealed