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The Secretary-General Remarks to the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award, United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award and Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremonies

29 May 2025 | New York
The bilingual, as delivered   Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,   Moments ago, I laid a wreath to honour Peacekeepers.   Four thousand four hundred of our precious blue helmets have lost their lives since United Nations peacekeeping was established – seventy-seven years ago today.    In their memory I would like to ask all present in this room to observe a moment of silence.   [PAUSE for silence]   Thank you.  

Peacekeepers in Abyei Win Top United Nations Military, Police Awards

27 May 2025
NEW YORK, 27 May — The United Nations has announced the 2024 recipients of the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award and the Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. Squadron Leader Sharon Mwinsote Syme of Ghana will receive the Military Gender Advocate Award and Chief Superintendent Zainab Gbla of Sierra Leone will receive the Woman Police Officer of the Year Award during a ceremony marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers on 29 May. The awards will be presented at United Nations Headquarters in New York by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Headquarters to Observe International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on 29 May

23 May 2025
NEW YORK, 27 May — The United Nations Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Thursday, 29 May. In 1948, the historic decision was made to deploy military observers to the Middle East to supervise the implementation of Israel-Arab Armistice Agreements, in what became the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.

UN Peacekeeping Ministerial in Berlin Brings New Commitments to Strengthen Peacekeeping Operations

14 May 2025 | Berlin, Germany
The United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial 2025 Berlin concluded today. More than 130 Member States and international partners – over a thousand participants in total - came together to reaffirm their support for UN peacekeeping and to announce concrete pledges aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and adaptability of peace operations in the face of evolving global challenges. 

Remarks to the media following the Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting on the Future of Peacekeeping

14 May 2025 | Berlin, Germany
Minister Wadepuhl, Minister Pistorius,   Ladies and gentlemen,   I thank the Government of Germany for hosting impeccably this important meeting in Berlin.   Germany is a pillar of the multilateral system…   A strong and generous supporter of the United Nations…   And an essential partner in our peacekeeping, peacebuilding and humanitarian assistance efforts — with almost 200 German peacekeepers now serving in our ranks.  

UN Secretary-General - Remarks to the Ministerial Meeting on the Future of Peacekeeping

13 May 2025 | Berlin, Germany
[Bilingual, as delivered]   Dear Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, our generous hosts.   Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen,   My thanks to Germany for bringing us together at this consequential moment.   This year marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations.   Our organization was founded on the conviction that peace is possible if we work as one united human family.   That is what our peace operations are about.   

Intensive training of local investigators paves the way for the arrival of a mobile court in Leer County

27 Mar 2025
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UNMISS calls for immediate recommitment to peace at pivotal moment for South Sudan

26 Mar 2025
Following reports tonight of the detention of First Vice President, Dr.

Briefing Security Council on Worsening Situation in Democratic Republic of Congo, Senior Official Says Actions Endangering Civilians, UN ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’

26 Jan 2025 | New York
Holding an emergency meeting following advances by the 23 March Movement, or M23, towards the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and concurrent attacks on United Nations peacekeepers there, the Security Council heard today that urgent action is needed to address a rapidly deteriorating situation while time remains to do so.

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

26 Jan 2025 | New York
The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and reiterates his strongest condemnation of the M23 armed group’s ongoing offensive and advances towards Goma in North Kivu with the support of the Rwanda Defence Forces. In the last 48 hours, two MONUSCO peacekeepers from South Africa and one peacekeeper from Uruguay were killed while implementing the mandate entrusted upon them by the Security Council. Eleven peacekeepers sustained injuries and are being treated in the UN hospital in Goma.