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"Scores of United Nations staff and personnel were victims of detention, abduction, kidnapping, assault, harassment and even murder again over the past year. Every attack on a United Nations staff member is a tragedy for the…

The head of the DPKO Hervé Ladsous underlined on 21 February 2012 before the General Assembly Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations the challenging diversity of work undertaken by DPKO's various field missions…

A ceremony was chaired by the Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and head of MINURSO, Hany Abdelaziz, at the Mission Parade Ground. The SRSG read the message of the Secretary-General to all…

On Monday 17 May at the Main Court of the MINURSO HQ, El Aiun, at the presence of the OiC of the Mission Maj. Gen. Zhao Jiming (Ch-Ar), was held the ceremony of change of Command between MMU (Malaysian Medical Unit) VIII…

On Thursday 6 May 2010 the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO Hany Abdel-Aziz chaired a 'Town Hall' meeting at the MHQ. On Thursday 6 May 2101 the Special Representative of…

On 29 April 2010 at MINURSO HQ, Laayoune, was held the Team Sites Commanders Conference. The Conference was chaired by the Force Commander Major-General Zhao and inaugurated by the Special Representative of the Secretary…

SRSG Hany Abdel-Aziz reminded All United Nations national and international civilian staff, UN volunteers, UN police and military personnel to hold the highest standards of integrity and conduct, both in the performance of…

There are not only sandy dunes in the landscape of the Western Sahara desert. Since 1976, an unknown quantity of Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) lay scattered across the vast territory. The result is thousands of casualties…

On 25 October 2011, MINURSO celebrated the UN Day. On this occasion SRSG Hany Abdel Aziz read the UNSG message...

MINURSO publishes the 5th issue of Dynamism...

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Hany Abdel-Aziz, and MINURSO Force Commander, Major-General Abdul Hafiz, paid a visit to the military authorities ...

On the left, SRSG introducing the new FC Abdul Hafiz to the Afrian Union Ambassador Yilma Tadesse. "Bonjour tout le monde, Ramadan Karim! Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, Ambassador Yilma, friends and dear colleagues. It…