Reports

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Smaїl Chergui, and United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director for UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka are appalled by the…

Briefing correspondents at Headquarters on the situations in South Sudan and other African countries, Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, said that tackling the myriad challenges on the continent required the United Nations to continue strengthening…

SC/10439 AFR/2281 PKO/296 The following press statement was issued on 7 November by Security Council President José Filipe Moraes Cabral ( Portugal): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on a UNAMID [African Union-United…

SG/SM/13916 AFR/2274 PKO/294 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the Government of Japan to contribute one engineering company to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.…

SG/SM/13871 AFR/2262 PKO/291 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack on 10 October against peacekeepers of the African Union-United Nations Joint Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in which…

SC/10407 AFR/2264 PKO/292 The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President U. Joy Ogwu ( Nigeria): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on UNAMID peacekeepers in Darfur on 10…

Watch the Webcast Looking back over an “intense” three-year tenure at the helm of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, outgoing Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy said that, despite some shortcomings, blue helmets should be credited for their achievements in…

SG/A/1301 BIO/4304 PKO/285 Biographical Note United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay (Ethiopia) as Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Lieutenant General Tesfay will be…

Fresh from addressing the Security Council, the commanders of four United Nations peacekeeping missions in Africa and the Middle East addressed a Headquarters press conference today on their efforts to protect civilians in Darfur, address charges…

INTRODUCTION The peacebuilding orientation of the UN in Burundi started officially on 1 January 2007 when the UN Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB) came into being. This review starts from June 2006, when the recommendation was made to establish an…