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Improving Peacekeeping Performance Meeting at United Nations

Dec 7, 2019 News, Secretary General, Security Council, United Nations , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Comments are off

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres along with Kelly Craft, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nation During the Meeting on Improving Peacekeeping Performance A Year Since UNSCR 2436 today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire     United Nations, December 06, 2019 Secretary-General António Guterres said United Nations peacekeepers “represent the last, best hope for millions of people around the world” and highlighted that his Action for Peacekeeping initiative, launched in March last year, as the organization’s response to the challenges peacekeepers face. Addressing a meeting on “Improving Peacekeeping Performance: A Year Since [Read More]

Angelina Jolie at UN for a Speech on Sexual Violence in Conflict

Mar 29, 2019 Celebrities, United Nations , , , , , , , , , , Comments are off

Angelina Jolie, Co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) and Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) meet Lieutenant Commander Marcia Andrade Braga, Brazilian naval officer serving with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award recipient today at the UN Headquarters in New York before her speech at the General Assembly. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire   Angelina Jolie, Co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) and Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for [Read More]

Babacar Gaye’s of CAR fired by Ban Ki-moon

Aug 12, 2015 News, United Nations , , , , , , , , , , , , Comments are off

Photos by: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters today he is “anguished, angered and ashamed by recurrent reports over the years of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN forces.”   “I cannot put into words how anguished, angered and ashamed I am by recurrent reports over the years of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN forces.” “I have appointed a high-level external independent panel to look into, more closely into the reports of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic and our systemic response.  I look forward to receiving their findings soon.” Ban also said he has [Read More]

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