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

14 May 2025 | Berlin, Germany
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.

Secretary-General Video message on paternity and child support to children born out of sexual exploitation and abuse

21 Nov 2024
United Nations’ peacekeeping exists to protect the vulnerable, keep the peace, and nurture the best of humanity. Unforgivably, some people betray that mission and exploit, hurt and abuse those they are sent to protect.

Climate Security Mechanism at the United Nations and Group of Friends on Climate and Security Announce New Pledges and Partnerships at COP29

15 Nov 2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan - Today, at COP29, the Climate Security Mechanism (CSM) at the United Nations and the Group of Friends on Climate and Security convened an official UNFCCC COP29 side event titled “Peace and Security in a Changing Climate: From Analysis to Action”.

Joint Statement of the United Nations Military Staff Committee and the African Union Peace and Security Council Military Staff Committee

14 Nov 2024
From 12 to 14 November, the Military Staff Committees of the United Nations and the African Union have undertaken three days of engagement and discussion, demonstrating their unwavering commitment to closer collaboration in the achievement of their shared goal of peace and security.