By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Two UN peacekeepers from Egypt were killed Tuesday when their armoured vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device some 60 kilometres northeast of Gao in Mali. Another nine Egyptian blue helmets were also
Members of the rebel group known as M23 withdrawing from the North Kivu provincial capital of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). (Photo by: UN/Sylvain Liechti) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Rwanda and the Democratic
Peacekeepers serving with the UN’s Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) wear face masks while on patrol. (Photo / MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Security Council on Wednesday renewed the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional
United Nations MONUSCO repels deadly attack by suspected ADF in Mamundioma, North Kivu province, DR Congo October 2017. (Photo MONUSCO/Force) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Secretary General of the UN supports the decision of leaders of
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta attends U.N. Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal June 27, 2022 (Credit: twitter.com/StateHouseKenya) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta is among several senior officials and scientists from more than 120 countries
President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall Addresses General Assembly Debate at United Nations in New York September 24, 2021 (UN Photo / Cia Pak) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Senegal’s President Macky
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo ©Diplomatic Times) The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sudan, Volker Perthes, briefs reporters outside UN Security Council chamber at UN world headquarters in New York after meeting on situation in Sudan May 24, 2022. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
Germany is stepping up its support for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), by deploying 300 additional soldiers for a total of 1,400 in the troubled west African nation as France pulls its forces out. (Credit: Photo: Michael Kappeler /dpabundesregierung.de) By
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) briefs reporters together with Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in Abuja, after their meeting during the Secretary-General’s visit to the country May 04, 2022. (Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS
Geraldine Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations and Security Council addresses the Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation June 30, 2021. (Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Ireland’s current UN envoy Geraldine