"PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS"

A peace sensitization campaign targeting illegally armed cattle owners in camps has begun in parts of South Sudan, in a collaborative effort between the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and local authorities. UNMISS

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

“The UN peacekeepers are now patrolling the city to protect civilians,” following the last week clashes in the Central African Republic’s city of Alindau killing two members of the country’s armed forces, UN spokesperson said on Wednesday in New York. UNIFEED

UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said that the security situation in Mali and in the Sahel region as a whole is deteriorating at an alarming rate, adding that there has been “an increase in improvised explosive device attacks against our convoys.” UNIFEED

The top UN official for the Horn of Africa, Parfait Onanga- Anyanga, left Somalia expressing hope for the country’s progress as it enters a pivotal year on various fronts of development. UNSOM

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The United Nations envoy to Somalia today flagged the world body’s belief that confidence-building efforts and dialogue between the authorities in Hargeisa and Mogadishu could bring about broad benefits in several areas. UNSOM

Amid unprecedented violence, escalation of terrorist attacks in West Africa, United Nations Regional Office needs greater role, speakers tell Security Council at 8698th meeting.

The heavily armed internal security forces have resumed patrolling with the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in the predominantly Muslim district of Bangui, known as PK5. MINUSCA

Press Briefing by Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam and President of the Security Council, for the month of January.