UN Peacekeeping played a major role in Cambodia’s recovery following years of internal conflict. Today, Cambodia contributes to peacekeeping efforts with its mine action expertise, helping to save lives in places like South…

Tens of thousands of people who fled violence during the brutal civil war that raged across South Sudan in 2013 found sanctuary in a camp next to the United Nations peacekeeping base in Juba. Twelve years later, many remain…

UN News interviews the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, during the first-ever Conference for Women Peacekeepers on the theme "Women in Peacekeeping: A Global South Perspective" in New Delhi…

Peacekeepers serve in missions all over the globe, often in dangerous and challenging circumstances away from their families and partners. Listen to the heartfelt messages they shared this Valentine's Day.

One of the main examples of successful stabilization by the UN comes from Timor-Leste, a context that was marked by 24 years of conflict during the Indonesian occupation and violent internal crises after independence. With…

Jean Pierre Lacroix, the USG for Peace Operations will be traveling to the Syrian Arab Republic where he will meet with the relevant caretaker authorities as well as UN Peacekeepers serving in UNDOF, including UNTSO military…

Video message by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on Paternity and Child Support to Children Born Out of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

Agnes’s story is one of resilience, pain, and hope. After losing everything to a volcanic eruption in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2002, she was left to raise a child alone—abandoned by a UN peacekeeper…

In an interview with the Spokesperson of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African (MINUSCA), Mr. Lacroix emphasizes the achievements made by MINUSCA over the past decade.