MIL-OSI United Nations: UN calls for support to implement Central Africa’s newly minted peace agreement
Source: United Nations After 10 days of negotiations, the Central African government and 14 armed groups reached a peace agreement on Saturday, according to a tweet from the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). “Let us mobilize to support the implementation of the peace agreement,” Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: World Wetlands Day 2019: “Wetlands and Climate Change”
Source: United Nations 4 This year’s World Wetlands Day under the theme of “Wetlands and Climate Change” highlights the importance of healthy and intact wetlands to one of the most pressing challenges of our times: climate change. Celebrated annually on 2 February, the day the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971, World Wetlands […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General regarding the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH)
Source: United Nations secretary general The Secretary-General noted the joint statement issued by the Foreign Ministers of Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey following Israel’s decision not to renew the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), established pursuant to the provisions of the 1995 Interim Agreement (Oslo II Accord) between Israel and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: CDP and UNDP partner to support sustainable development goals | UNDP
Source: United Nations Development Programme 2 Cassa depositi e prestiti (CDP) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a broad agreement to identify joint initiatives aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With UNDP’s extensive network in more than 170 countries, its presence and capacity at the country level, and its central role in […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: UN chief welcomes new Government in Lebanon, after eight-month impasse
Source: United Nations 2 United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed, on Friday, the announcement of a new Government in Lebanon; the result of eight months of negotiation, following general elections last May. He congratulated Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Lebanon’s political leadership, saying that he looks forward “to working closely with the new Government to […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: World in grip of ‘high impact weather’ as US freezes, Australia sizzles, parts of South America deluged
Source: United Nations 2 “High impact weather” has gripped much of the world so far this year, the UN weather agency, WMO, reported on Friday, with “dangerous and extreme cold in North America, record high heat and wildfires in Australia, heavy rains in parts of South America, and heavy snow on the Alps and Himalayas. The WMO […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: Press Conference by Security Council President on Programme of Work for February
Source: United Nations 4 Despite ongoing discussions about items on the Security Council’s draft programme of work for February — which have delayed its formal adoption — the 15‑member organ will proceed to convene several high-level debates in the first days of the month, Anatolio Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea), its President for February said at […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: At Least 34 United Nations, Associated Personnel Killed in Malicious Attacks against Peacekeeping Operations during 2018
Source: United Nations 4 For Fifth Straight Year, Mali Mission Suffers Greatest Number of Fatalities At least 34 United Nations and associated personnel — 26 peacekeepers and 8 civilians — were killed in malicious attacks in the line of duty in 2018, according to the Standing Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service of the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: ‘No other possibility but to leave’: UN News special report from the Nigeria-Cameroon border as 35,000 newly-displaced seek safety
Source: United Nations Small shelters, some covered in the ubiquitous white sheeting provided by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), dot the dusty grey sun-bleached plain around the village of Goura, in the far north-east of Cameroon. Hebibi Toudjum‘s shelter is so low to the ground she needs to crawl into it. She arrived from the […]
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