"DEPARTMENT OF PEACE OPERATIONS - DPO"

Police First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti, of Indonesia, received the 2023 United Nations Woman Police Officer of the Year Award. UNIFEED / FILE

The United Nations Secretariat and the Republic of Ghana announced that the 2023 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting will take place in Accra, Ghana on 5-6 December. UNIFEED

The Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, told the Security Council that a decline in piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea “is due to the significant efforts of national authorities" as well as "the support of regional and international partners.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

United Nations Peacekeeping marked its 75th anniversary by participating in a special Inside Out art project at New York’s historic Times Square, with black and white posters covering the iconic space showing portraits of UN peacekeepers, community members and other partners. UNIFEED

On International Day of UN Peacekeepers, Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said United Nations peacekeepers, despite challenges, “preserve ceasefires from collapse” and “protect every single day hundreds of thousands of civilians.” UNIFEED

Peacekeeping Chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said that in a divided Security Council, only “the intermediate goals of peacekeeping,” such as preserving ceasefires and protecting civilians, can be reached. UNIFEED

United Nations Peacekeeping launched a special photo exhibition at UN Headquarters in New York to honor the service and sacrifice of uniformed and civilian peacekeepers as it marks its 75th anniversary. UNIFEED