Peace and Security

Wide view of the General Assembly Hall while ballots are being collected for the election of new non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms starting on 1 January 2017.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

Sweden, Bolivia, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan elected to Security Council

28 June 2016
Global

The 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly today elected Sweden, Bolivia, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan to serve on the world body’s Security Council for a period of two years, starting from 1 January 2017.

A delegate votes in the General Assembly. November 2011.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

FEATURE: Ahead of Security Council elections, General Assembly President explains how a country can get a non-permanent seat

27 June 2016
Global

At the United Nations General Assembly tomorrow morning – and for the first time in June, as part of revitalization efforts in the Assembly – elections will be held to fill five non-permanent seats on the Security Council.

 

Evelyn Amony was abducted as a child by the Lord’s Resistance Army and forced to become one of Joseph Kony’s 27 wives.
UN Radio/Laura Jarriel

FEATURE: From Joseph Kony’s ‘wife’ to peace advocate – a courageous young woman’s journey to reclaim her life

23 June 2016
Africa

Evelyn Amony was abducted at age 11 from her village in northern Uganda and then forced to become the “wife” of Joseph Kony – one Africa’s most feared warlords, infamous for his casual brutality, and leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, the violent rebel group better known as the LRA.

Awareness and civic education being carried out in Seprenne, Gonaïves, ahead of Haiti’s 9 August 2015 elections.
UN MINUSTAH

Ban expresses deep concern over the continuing political uncertainty in Haiti

16 June 2016
Americas

Concerned that the prevailing uncertainty in Haiti is further compounding the numerous political and socio-economic challenges facing the country, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that further delays in completing the electoral process can potentially affect stability in the country, as well as international support to it.

Peacekeepers from the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) at the Line of Control that separates the two countries.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Swedish Major General appointed to head UN observer mission in India and Pakistan

8 June 2016
Asia Pacific

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Per Lodin of Sweden as the head of the United Nations mission tasked with monitoring the ceasefire line between India and Pakistan.