"PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS"

Cross-border movements of displaced communities from South Sudan’s Yei area are raising concerns about the risk of the Ebola virus being transported across the border into South Sudan. Currently living in a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some displaced people often crisscross the porous border in search of food from the homes they fled in Yei due to unrest. UNMISS

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

Bunj, a small, yet busy town located in South Sudan’s Maban county came to a standstill when more than one hundred boda boda riders rode through its streets following a successful conclusion of a training workshop on road safety, conducted by the UN Mission in South Sudan’s Malakal field office. Boda boda, as the motorcycle taxi is commonly known, is the only and quickest means of transportation in the Maban area. UNMISS

Women of courage across the world have taken on the battle to change the belief that combat duty is a man’s field. Mina Thapa, a military peacekeeper from Nepal serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), is challenging other women across the world to believe in themselves and their abilities. UNMISS

The Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Zahir Tanin, told the Security Council that “antagonistic gestures and accusations continue to be far more prominent” than efforts for a resumption of political dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. UNIFEED

UN Special Representative for South Sudan David Shearer said the country “stands a real chance of moving forward” if the momentum behind the South Sudanese peace process can be maintained. UNIFEED

A two-day peace dialogue spearheaded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and partners has seen feuding communities, who have for years experienced tensions due to intra-ethnic communal attacks, make peace. UNMISS

South Sudan’s youth have been challenged to help the country develop and ensure that a revitalized peace agreement signed more than four months ago is upheld. UNMISS

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

Unanimously adopting Resolution 2453 (2019), Security Council grants six-month mandate extension for United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus at 8453rd meeting.