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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 6

    🇺🇳 UN peacekeepers from Jordan🇯🇴 travel far from home to serve at great personal risk & under harsh conditions. Currently they are serving for peace in 7 Peacekeeping missions. We thank them for their service & sacrifice:

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  2. 🇺🇳 Jordan🇯🇴 has contributed personnel to peace operations for decades, in some of the most high-risk environments. We thank them for their service & sacrifice:

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  3. Retweeted
    Jul 8

    As part of our support to , UNSOS provides a variety of versatile training programs to equip the personnel with the capabilities to execute their tasks more effectively and restore peace & stability to . Watch this short video on a recently concluded course.

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  4. Jul 7

    🇺🇳 Jordan currently has over 800 uniformed personnel across seven UN peacekeeping operations, the majority of them deployed as part of Formed Police Units in , , & . We thank them for their service & sacrifice:

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  5. Jul 7

    En RDC, s’associe à des ONG locales pr assister victimes d’exploitation & abus sexuels. Gentil Kambale Kavusa gère 3 projets en faveur de 500 victimes & membres de communautés vulnérables au Nord Kivu

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  6. Jul 6
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  7. Jul 6

    A UN peacekeeper from Uruguay🇺🇾 serving with the United Nations Mission in the DR Congo (MONUSCO) shakes the hand of a child in the village of Lamba during a security patrol in villages of Lake Tanganyika🇨🇩. UN Photo 📷:

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  8. Jul 6

    To ensure speedy investigation of allegations of sexual exploitation & abuse, more Member States now have National Investigation Officers embedded in their peacekeeping contingents. Meet Bella Benigne Kazeneza from Burundi in

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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 6

    Today, 68+ million people around the world are forcibly displaced by conflict or persecution. UN peacekeepers work tirelessly to support the safety of communities pushed to the brink & often forced out of their homes seeking refuge from the scourge of war. We stand .

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  10. Retweeted
    Jul 6

    Last week, the Formed Police Units from India and Nepal in received prevention card against sexual abuse and exploitation in their own languages

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  11. Jul 6

    South Sudanese🇸🇸 women who have survived rape & the brutal conflict shared their stories w/ Deputy Secretary-General , who is leading a high-powered delegation to the war-torn country. "We will not give up, not on peace.”

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  12. Jul 5

    Dep. Sec-Gen. raised issue of sexual violence in South Sudan🇸🇸 w/ President Salva Kiir. She said, "rape doesn’t stop just at women, it also includes children to very, very young ages, and that for us has been abhorrent."

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  13. Jul 5

    . peacekeepers from South Korea serving w/ organized a joint exercise w/ the Lebanese Armed Forces last week to enhance the latter’s military capabilities. The exercise included Taekwondo & combat martial arts & first aid care to gun wounds:

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  14. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    Hope for peace remains alive in despite immense suffering caused by brutal conflict. Watch the UN Deputy Secretary-General ’s message of solidarity with the people of the war-torn country.

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  15. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    94 Member States have signed a Voluntary Compact with the , a document that emphasizes the shared principles to UN peace operations & includes specific commitments to combat & prevent sexual exploitation & abuse.

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  16. Retweeted
    Jul 3

    . Deputy Secretary-General is in South Sudan🇸🇸 on a joint visit w/ to promote women’s participation in peace, security & development. After meeting w/ officials in Juba, she is visiting protection of civilians sites & projects:

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  17. Retweeted
    Jul 4

    By deploying a Level II hospital in , North Mali, the & are providing support to Malian Armed Forces & the local population. The hospital boasts latest medical technology. It could also be used to support future AU deployments in North Mali & the region.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 4

    🇺🇳 Zambian🇿🇲 peacekeepers serving w/ the Mission in the Sudan🇸🇩 (UNMIS) patrol around the volatile Abyei area in January 2011 in the wake of clashes that left dozens dead. We thank them for their service & sacrifice:

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  19. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    . paid tribute to a peacekeeper from Burundi 🇧🇮 who was recently killed in an attack in Bambari, Central African Republic🇨🇫. In the ceremony, MINUSCA conveyed its condolences to the family of the peacekeeper & to the Govt of Burundi.

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  20. Retweeted
    Jul 3

    🇺🇳 Zambia🇿🇲 currently ranks among the top 20 contributors of uniformed personnel to UN peacekeeping operations. 78 Zambians have paid the ultimate price while serving the cause of peace. We thank them for their service & sacrifice:

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