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A group of women assembled and marched yesterday in the streets of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to pass a message against the FDLR occupation of the Kivus. MONUSCO
A group of women assembled and marched yesterday in the streets of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to pass a message against the FDLR occupation of the Kivus. MONUSCO
ecretary-General Ban Ki-moon tells a Security Council meeting on Women and Peace and Security that preventing sexual violence is “first and foremost a responsibility of States” but stressed that “prevention is also a collective responsibility” and to succeed, “we must use all the tools at our disposal.” UNTV
The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict (SRSG), Zainab Hawa Bangura, has visited Mogadishu (2-3 April), Somalia's capital, to raise awareness and discuss ways of addressing sexual violence in the country. AU-UN / IST
Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the patron of UN Women for Peace and wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with actress and activist Susan Sarandon, model Christy Turlinton, and actress Kelly Rutherford, among others, participated in the "March on March 8" in support of UN Women. UNTV
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay’s presents her annual report. CHUNTV
USG Amos talks to the media following her briefing to the Security Council on humanitarian issues in Syria. UNTV
Both pro- and anti-government forces in Syria have become increasingly violent and reckless with human life, according to a report launched by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria. CH UNTV
During the recent instability inMali, the city ofMoptihas become a safe haven for thousands of displaced people. UNHCR
Haunted by violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, children relieve their pain through art. UNICEF
The latest fighting between government forces and the rebel group M23 in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo brought a new wave of brutal sexual assaults on women. UNHCR has set up a temporary clinic to respond to rape cases among the displaced. UNHCR