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From conducting patrols, to providing medical assistance and interacting with the communities, women are critical to United Nations Peacekeeping. UNIFEED

Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the Security Council that Sudan “is at a historic crossroads" and Council members have “a unique opportunity to support the authorities in ending the conflicts that have plagued the country for years.” UNIFEED

A joint high-level UN - EU delegation led by the UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Deputy Secretary General of the EU Pedro Serrano is visiting Mali to take stock of progress made in the implementation of the peace agreement and help identify new pathways for sustainable peace. MINUSMA

Launching the ACT to Protect campaign, the United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said consensus tools such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child “could not bring the change we need if they are not followed by tangible actions for the children who need it the most.” UNIFEED

The top United Nations peacekeeping official today expressed hope for an inclusive dialogue to address key issues in the Central African Republic. MINUSCA

In an effort to relaunch the dialogue between the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and armed groups under the auspices of the African Union (AU) initiative, peacekeeping chief Jean Pierre Lacroix, and AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui met with President Faustin Archange Touadéra and members of his government. MINUSCA

The head of the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, arrived in Bangui on Tuesday, 8 January. With the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, and other diplomats, he plans to relaunch the dialogue between the Central African Government and the armed groups under the auspices of the African Union Initiative. MINUSCA

Senior officials from UN Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding are visiting Mali to take stock of progress made in the implementation of the peace agreement and identify new pathways for sustainable peace. MINUSMA

A Ghanaian police officer Phyllis Osei was awarded United Nations Female Police Officer of the year 2018 for her policing work, which directly and positively impacted the community and the host state police in Jubaland, Somalia. UNIFEED

Following the killings of one Tanzanian and six Malawian peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix said that attacks by armed groups, particularly the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), “now constitute a major obstacle to collective efforts to fight Ebola.” UNIFEED