Security Council extends mandates of UN peacekeeping operations in Darfur, Golan and Mali
New York, June 30 (Just Earth News):The Security Council took action on Wednesday on three United Nations-led peacekeeping operations, extending the mandates of operations in Mali, Darfur, and the Golan Heights.
Malian parties must make peace and reconciliation ‘a reality,’ UN envoy tells Security Council
New York, June 17 (Just Earth News):Despite some progress, key challenges to implementing Mali’s peace and reconciliation agreement remained, one year after the Government and armed groups signed the accord, the United Nations envoy in the West African country told the Security Council on Thursday.
Mali: Ban ‘outraged’ by latest attack on UN mission; urges authorities to investigate
New York, June 2 (Just Earth News): In two separate incidents that took place yesterday in the Gao area of Mali’s restive north, terrorists attacked an outpost of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSMA), as well as the services of a local provider for the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the most recent in a string of deadly attacks against the UN in the country.
Mali: UN Mission strongly condemns ambush that leaves five 'blue helmets' dead
New York, May 30 (Just Earth News): Five United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in central Mali earlier on Sunday, with another 'blue helmet' seriously injured, according to preliminary information reported by the country's UN mission, which deplored the “heinous act of terrorism†as all the more shocking because it occurred on the day set aside for the global community to honour UN peacekeepers.
Mali: Ban condemns attack on UN convoy that killed five peacekeepers
New York, May 20(Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned yesterday's deadly attack that killed five peacekeepers and injured three others of the UN mission in Mali, his spokesman said in a statement.
Mali: UNICEF condemns withdrawal of children from schools in Kidal
New York, Apr 27 (Just Earth News/IBNS):In the wake of the violent protests on 18 and 19 April in Kidal, northern Mali, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that the events disrupted children’s education in the region and endangered their safety.
Mali: UN mission renews call for calm after two demonstrators killed in Kidal
New York, Apr 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations mission in Mali renewed its call for calm as well as its commitment to the implementation of the peace process following a demonstration yesterday morning in the Kidal region in the north of the country, in which two demonstrators were killed and four others were wounded.
Mali: UN condemns attack against Mission base that kills five peacekeepers
New York, Feb 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Top United Nations officials have condemned the attack this morning against a UN camp in Kidal, in the north-eastern region of the country, which killed at least five peacekeepers and wounded 30 others.
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Wrapping up visit to Mal, the United Nations Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, Toby Lanzer, said that he had seen both progress and challenges on security and access to basic services for crisis-affected communities, while underscoring the importance of full commitment – from national authorities and the international community – to move the country forward.
Mali: UN Security Council calls on all parties to fully implement the peace agreement
New York, Jan 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following a briefing on Monday on the situation in Mali by UN peacekeeping chief Hervé Ladsous, the Security Council has stressed that all parties signatory to June’s peace agreement bear the primary responsibility for achieving lasting peace in the country.
Challenges in Mali need to be 'urgently defeated' – UN peacekeeping chief
New York, Jan 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Despite considerable progress in Mali, the United Nations peacekeeping chief on Monday warned that the peace process in the country remains fragile, and stressed the need to urgently defeat political, security and humanitarian challenges.
Mali: UN civilian staffer killed in attack, Ban reaffirms commitment to peace efforts
New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A civilian staff member of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali was killed on Tuesday in an explosive device attack on a convoy, but the world Organization will not be deterred from its efforts to bring peace to the West African, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
Mali: UN Police help Mali Government probe of deadly terrorist attack
New York, Nov 24 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations police are providing Mali with support and technical expertise in the investigation of Friday’s deadly terrorist attack on the Radisson hotel in Bamako, the West African country’s capital.
Mali: UN condemns 'horrific' terrorist attack on hotel in Bamako
New York, Nov 21 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Condemning the "horrific" terrorist attack at the Radisson hotel in Bamako which killed an unknown number of civilians and injured many more, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has noted that the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been assisting the authorities in the handling of this crisis.
UN relief official in Mali condemns attacks against humanitarian workers
New York, Nov 14 (Just Earth News/IBNS) : In the wake of more than two dozen attacks against aid workers and their facilities in the past months, the top United Nations relief official in Mali, Mbaranga Gasarabwe, on Friday condemned the increasing violence against humanitarian organizations in the strife-torn country and warned that such attacks are violations of international law.