The recent sentencing of militia members in the Central African Republic for the 2017 killing of civilians and peacekeepers, has sent a strong message that impunity will not be tolerated.
New York City spends far more on its fire, police and the prison system than the entire peacekeeping budget of the United Nations.
Around the world children serve as soldiers in armed conflicts. Child soldiers are victims, whose participation in conflict has serious consequences for their physical and emotional well-being. The General Assembly adopted the Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict in order to protect children from recruitment and use in hostilities. The anniversary of its entry into force, 12 February 2002, is marked as the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, also known as Red Hand Day. Let’s #ACTtoProtect children affected by conflict.
Graduation Ceremony for an All Female New UN Security Officers
Somalia could provide valuable "lessons learned for other mission set ups," according to the UN police commissioner there. In New York for UN Police Week, Meinolf Schlotmann, Police Commissioner of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM<
Caught in the Cross Fire, Armenia's Border Communities Reinvent Themselves
Major Seynabou Diouf of the Senegal National Police has been selected as the 2019 United Nations Female Police Officer of the Year.
Strengthening Protection: 20 Years of Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping
The United Nations attaches great importance to ensuring that action on the environment is part of conflict prevention, peacekeeping and peacebuilding strategies, because there can be no durable peace if the natural resources that sustain livelihoods and ecosystems are destroyed. On 5 November 2001, the UN General Assembly declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.
It is well known that violent conflict disproportionately affects women and girls and intensifies pre-existing gender inequalities and discrimination. Women are also active agents of peace in armed conflict, yet their role as key players and change agents of peace has been largely unrecognized. Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) was the first resolution that acknowledged the contributions women and girls make to conflict prevention, peacekeeping, conflict resolution and peacebuilding and highlighted the importance of their equal and full participation. Since then, the Security Council meets every year on the anniversary of its adoption, 31 October.
Schools in Torodi, in the Tillabery region of Niger, have been the target of violent attacks, which have prevented children from exercising their right to education.
Ten years ago, the UN Security Council established the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict. Conflict-related sexual violence is no longer seen as an inevitable byproduct of war, but rather a crime that is preventable and punishable under International Law. It is also essential to recognize and tackle gender inequality as the root cause and driver of sexual violence, in times of war and peace and to provide multidimensional services for survivors.
The 2nd of October is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence. The 2nd of October is also The International Day of Non-Violence. The principle of non-violence (also known as non-violent resistance) rejects the use of physical violence in order to achieve social or political change. Often described as "the politics of ordinary people," this form of social struggle has been adopted by people all over the world in campaigns for social justice.