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On International Women’s Day, we celebrate the achievements of women and girls across all walks of life, in all corners of the world But we also recognize the enormous obstacles they face — from structural injustices…

For the millions living amidst the chaos of armed conflicts — especially women and children — every step can put them in danger’s path. Even after the fighting stops, conflicts often leave behind a terrifying legacy…

For three decades, on World Press Freedom Day, the international community has celebrated the work of journalists and media workers. This day highlights a basic truth: all our freedom depends on press freedom. Freedom of the…

The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action reminds us how far we have come in clearing the world of explosive remnants of war – and how far we still have to go. Exactly thirty years ago, civil…

Together, we pay tribute to the one million people who were murdered in just 100 days in 1994 – the overwhelming majority Tutsi, but moderate Hutu and others who opposed the genocide too. We honour their memory. We stand in…

Security has returned and life is resuming in Boyo, located 120 km from Bambari in the Ouaka Prefecture, in the center of the Central African Republic. This locality was shaken in December 2021 by an attack launched by an…

Deep, in the northwest of the Central African Republic, a mere 5 kilometers from the international border with Cameroun and less than 2 kilometers from Chad, the temporary operational base (TOB) of Bang is living its last…

Today, we honour the more than one million women and men who have served as United Nations peacekeepers since 1948. We pay tribute to the nearly 4,200 heroes and heroines who sacrificed their lives in the cause of peace. And…

Women are often “placed second or even ignored” when they are employed as corrections officers in prisons and other detention centres, according to Téné Maimouna Zoungrana, an officer from Burkina Faso serving with the UN…

GENEVA (1 June 2022) - I commend the adoption of a law in the Central African Republic abolishing the death penalty and encourage President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to promulgate it. The death penalty is incompatible with…