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2023 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Kicks Off in Accra, Ghana

4 Dec 2023

Ministers and delegates from more than 85 countries and international organizations will meet in Accra, Ghana for the 2023 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting on 5-6 December to express their collective commitment to UN Peacekeeping. The Ministerial seeks to secure vital political support and concrete commitments to strengthen UN Peacekeeping efforts to meet current and future challenges and needs, in line with ongoing reform under Action for Peacekeeping and the A4P+ implementation plan.

Indonesian Peacekeeper serving in the Central African Republic to receive 2023 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award

10 Nov 2023 | New York

The United Nations has announced that Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti, of Indonesia, will receive the 2023 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award on 16 November 2023. The award will be presented during the annual United Nations Police Week, taking place at United Nations Headquarters from 13 to 17 November.

‘Peace Begins with Her’ Interactive street art exhibition to honor the contribution of women to peace at UN Headquarters

24 Oct 2023 | New York

New York, 24 October 2023 – An interactive photographic exhibition featuring portraits of women peacebuilders and peacekeepers will pay tribute to their vital contribution on 25 October, outside United Nations Headquarters in New York.

MONUSCO takes immediate action in response to allegations of serious misconduct

11 Oct 2023

The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) has taken immediate and robust action in response to reports of serious misconduct by UN peacekeepers. Those reports follow a series of measures that the Mission has proactively initiated across its areas of deployment to ensure compliance with United Nations values and standards of conduct.

Joint Communique 22nd Joint Task Force on Peace and Security

22 Sep 2023 | New York

Joint Communiqué: United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security Holds its Twenty Second Consultative Meeting New York, 18 September — The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its twenty second consultative meeting on 18 September 2023 in New York.

2023 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial provides important opportunity to fill critical gaps and strengthen UN Peacekeeping

22 Sep 2023 | New York

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UN chief issues clarion call for peace, marking International Day

13 Sep 2023 | New York City

Peace is a call for action: Ahead of annual gathering of world leaders, peace activists join Guterres’ call for lasting peace in a fractured world

Twenty-Four UN entities urge immediate action to protect women and girls from sexual violence in and around IDP camps in eastern DRC

14 Jul 2023 | New York

Press Statement: For Immediate Release

Allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic

9 Jun 2023

Today, the peacekeeping Mission in the Central African Republic, based in Bangui, announced the decision by the Secretariat to repatriate a unit of 60 Tanzanian military personnel, who were deployed at a temporary operating base in the western part of the country. This follows serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against these peacekeepers. The decision comes after a preliminary investigation which found credible evidence that 11 members of the unit had allegedly engaged in sexual exploitation and abuse of four victims.

UN Headquarters Observes International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on 25 May

23 May 2023

UN Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers and mark the 75th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping on Thursday, 25 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.

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