Three UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur ambush
New York — Attackers swooped on a UN water convoy in Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, killing three Senegalese peacekeepers, the United Nations said.
View ArticleThree UN peacekeepers killed in Darfur ambush
New York — Attackers swooped on a UN water convoy in Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, killing three Senegalese peacekeepers, the United Nations said.
View Article24 October is United Nations Day
United Nations Day celebrates the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945.
View ArticleUN troops from Chad Killed in Mali's Tessalit Town
Two UN peacekeepers from Chad have been killed and six others wounded - some "severely" - in a suicide attack in northern Mali, the UN has said.
View ArticleDr. Langholtz in Bangladesh 28-31 October for 2013 Peacekeeping Training...
The Executive Director of POTI, Dr. Harvey Langholtz, is in Bangladesh 28-31 October for the annual meeting of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres (IAPTC).
View ArticleDR Congo M23 rebels 'end insurgency'
The M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo says it is ending its insurgency, hours after the government claimed military victory.
View ArticleSecurity Council 'Outraged' by Deadly Bomb Attack in Somali Capital
10 November 2013 – The Security Council has expressed outrage at a deadly bomb attack in Mogadishu, which caused numerous deaths and injuries, and reiterated its determination to combat all forms of...
View ArticleSecurity Council 'Outraged' by Deadly Bomb Attack in Somali Capital
10 November 2013 – The Security Council has expressed outrage at a deadly bomb attack in Mogadishu, which caused numerous deaths and injuries, and reiterated its determination to combat all forms of...
View ArticleSecurity Council 'Outraged' by Deadly Bomb Attack in Somali Capital
10 November 2013 – The Security Council has expressed outrage at a deadly bomb attack in Mogadishu, which caused numerous deaths and injuries, and reiterated its determination to combat all forms of...
View ArticleFood still major priority for typhoon survivors, UN official says during...
17 November 2013 – Food for more than three-quarters of a million people has been dispatched to communities hit by Typhoon Haiyan, and more is arriving every day, the head of the United Nations World...
View ArticleUkraine: as Kiev protests build, UN chief calls for calm, urges ‘meaningful...
2 December 2013 – Amid ongoing political protests in Ukraine, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for restraint and urged all sides to avoid further violence and uphold the democratic...
View ArticleNelson Mandela Memorial: Obama Lauds 'Giant of History'
Tens of thousands of South Africans have joined dozens of world leaders for the national memorial service for former President Nelson Mandela.
View ArticleAs situation worsens, UN refugee agency sends more staff to Central African...
17 December 2013 – The United Nations refugee agency said today it has deployed additional emergency teams in the Central African Republic (CAR), where some 210,000 people have been forcibly displaced...
View ArticlePOTI Student Receives UN Volunteer Award
POTI student Sharique Manazir was presented with an Online Volunteering Award by UN Volunteers, part of the UN Development Programme. Manazir was one of 10 such awardees for the year 2013, recognized...
View ArticleNew Course Available: Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions...
The purpose of this course is to raise awareness about the importance of UN SCRs on women, peace, and security; to build capacities about the possible ways of their implementation; and to promote their...
View ArticleDR Congo: UN offical deplores killing of mission staff member in eastern city
5 February 2014 – The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) strongly condemned today the shooting death of a national staffer working for the UN peacekeeping mission...
View ArticleUkraine crisis: EU sanctions push over Kiev bloodshed
Europe's leaders are to consider urgent sanctions against Ukraine after the worst violence in months of unrest claimed at least 26 lives.
View ArticleSouth Sudan violence targeting hospitals
Warring fighters in South Sudan have looted hospitals and murdered patients in their beds, cutting lifesaving healthcare to hundreds of thousands of people, according to a humanitarian organisation.
View ArticleSecurity Council ‘appalled’ at deadly bomb blast in Somali capital
The United Nations Security Council said it is “appalled” by today’s terrorist attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for which the Islamic insurgent group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility and...
View ArticleNew Course Released! Security for United Nations Peacekeepers
POTI is pleased to announce the release of a new course, Security for United Nations Peacekeepe
View ArticleLiving in a Box, Eating Weeds: Syria's Children on the Edge
DAMASCUS, Syria — They live in a wooden box at the side of a road: six children, their mother and father.
View ArticleAfrican Union-UN mission protects civilians displaced by latest Darfur attacks
24 March 2014 – The African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur region is providing protection to thousands of people who sought refuge at its bases in Korma and Khor Abeche...
View ArticleSE Asia’s biggest peacekeeping, antiterror training camp opens
At a cost of around Rp 1.64 trillion (US$145 million), Southeast Asia’s largest training center for counterterrorism and United Nations (UN) peacekeeping officially commenced operations on Monday....
View ArticleUkrainian president proposes joint UN peacekeeping operation
KIEV, Ukraine, April 14 (UPI) -- Ukrainian acting President Oleksandr Turchynov spoke by phone with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon regarding the crisis in eastern Ukraine, according to an...
View ArticleFrench Soldier Dies in Mali as Paris Readies Counter-Insurgency Plan
PARIS— A French soldier has been killed in northern Mali as France prepares to deploy thousands of its troops across the region to better fight Islamist militancy, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian...
View ArticleNorwegian General becomes first woman commander to head UN peacekeeping force
12 May 2014 – Major General Kristin Lund, of Norway, has become the first woman ever to serve as Force Commander in a United Nations peacekeeping operation, it was announced today.
View ArticleFirst dedicated UN staff protection force deployed in Somalia
The first ever special force to be tasked specifically with protecting UN personnel has been deployed in Somalia.
View ArticleMay 29 is International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
2014 THEME: UN PEACEKEEPING: A Force for Peace. A Force for Change. A Force for the Future.
View ArticleMaldives to join U.N. peacekeeping efforts
The Maldives has signed an MoU with the United Nations (U.N.), agreeing to join peacekeeping operations as observers and infantry, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
View ArticleInternational protocol launched to deal with sexual violence in conflict
London: An international protocol for dealing with rape and sexual violence in conflict was launched on Wednesday at a historic London summit on the issue, providing guidelines on the investigation of...
View ArticleAt the UN, how we envy the World Cup - Editorials & Commentary -...
UNITED NATIONS, New York — You may wonder what a secretary general of the United Nations is doing writing about football. But in fact, the World Cup makes us at the United Nations green with envy. As...
View ArticleHolding It Together Ending conflict demands more than knowing why countries...
The glimmer of hope that South Sudan's warring parties might restart their peace process faltered this past weekend, as the armed opposition announced that it planned to boycott in protest of the...
View ArticleSyria: UN agency warns of grave risks to refugees if funding gaps remain unmet
3 July 2014 – Failure to close the funding gap to meet the needs of the growing number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria could mean grave risks for the refugees as well as for the stability of...
View ArticleU.N. evacuates dozens of foreign staff from Libya
The United Nations has evacuated dozens of foreign staff from its mission in Libya due to a deteriorating security situation in the North African country, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
View ArticleCentral African Republic: Security Council briefed on roll-out of UN...
16 July 2014 – The insecurity in the Central African Republic (CAR) remains a great concern, the top United Nations peacekeeping official said today, highlighting the need for airlift capacity and...
View Article18 July is International Nelson Mandela Day
In November 2009, the UN General Assembly declared 18 July "Nelson Mandela International Day" in recognition of the former South African President’s contribution to the culture of peace and freedom.
View ArticleCongratulations to Ellen Margrethe Løj, newly appointed SRSG at UNMISS
On 23 July UN Secretary-General BAN Ki-Moon announced the appointment of Ms. Løj as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS).
View ArticleHailing recent roadmap, Security Council calls on Malian parties to advance...
28 July 2014 – The Security Council today commended the parties to the inter-Malian dialogue on the recent adoption of a roadmap and called on them to fully comply with their commitments, including by...
View ArticleEbola: cases, deaths ‘vastly underestimated,’ says UN health agency
15 August 2014 – Health workers at Ebola outbreak sites are seeing evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths “vastly underestimate” the magnitude of the crisis as they work around the...
View ArticleGuatemala's armed forces chief Rudy Ortiz dies in crash
The chief of the armed forces in Guatemala, General Rudy Ortiz, has been killed in a helicopter crash near the border with Mexico, the Guatemalan government says.
View ArticleSyrian rebels make demands for return of hostage U.N. peacekeepers
Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels holding 45 Fijian peacekeepers hostage have issued a set of demands for their release, including the extremist group's removal from a U.N. terrorist list and compensation...
View ArticleU.N. Security Council plans to suppress foreign extremist fighters
(Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council plans to demand countries "prevent and suppress" the recruitment and travel of foreign fighters to join extremist militant groups like Islamic State by ensuring it...
View ArticleUN says 5 peacekeepers killed, 3 wounded in Mali blast
DAKAR, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The United Nations mission in Mali said five of its Chadian peacekeepers were killed and another three wounded when their vehicle was hit by an explosive device in the north...
View ArticleMarking International Day, UN affirms people's right to 'imagine' world at peace
19 September 2014 – With John Lennon’s iconic song “Imagine” as the backdrop, the United Nations today marked the International Day of Peace underscoring that all people have the right to peace.
View ArticleProtection of Civilians course now available in French
POTI is pleased to announce the Protection of Civilians course is now available in French. This course translation was made possible through a grant from The International Organisation of La...
View ArticleEbola Prevention Information
The spread of Ebola needs to be combated in order to safeguard the health and safety of millions of people. Although the virus can be deadly, by following known procedures Ebola can be more easily...
View ArticleMali asks for special UN force to end peacekeepers' attacks
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Mali on Wednesday asked the United Nations to send a rapid-reaction force to help end a wave of attacks on UN peacekeepers blamed on Islamist fighters who are...
View ArticleAngola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela elected to serve on UN...
16 October 2014 – In three rounds of voting the United Nations General Assembly today elected Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela to serve as non-permanent members on the Security...
View ArticleUnited Nations Day 24 October
UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members...
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