The United Nations Mission in Liberia was established in October 2003 to support for the implementation of a ceasefire agreement and peace process, and to assist with the maintenance and restoration of law and order throughout Liberia. The mission successfully completed its mandate on 30 March 2018.
Nigerian peacekeepers continue reach out to communities in their area of operation with various activities including teaching assistance to selected high schools, medical outreaches, vocational training, and counselling to…
The Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization of Liberia (BIN) has begun a recruitment drive to induct 250 new officers into the service with the assistance of UNPOL Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Advisory Team…
The Heads of the United Nations Missions in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) and Liberia (UNMIL), along with Government officials from both nations, met on the 5th of April 2013 in Monrovia to discuss current border security and…
“A few years ago, as a member of legal team representing a ten year old girl who was allegedly raped in Monrovia, I was stunned and shaken when my client was put forward to testify in an open court, before the glare of a…
In late January, four distinguished women, all of them Nobel Peace Laureates, converged in the Liberian capital of Monrovia. UN FOCUS caught up with Shirin Ebadi of Iran, one of the laureates, who is visiting Liberia for the…
A renewed campaign to recruit more women into Liberia National Police (LNP) is currently in full swing, this time targeting women in Liberia’s rural communities. Ministry of Gender and Development, UN Women, UNDP, LNP, and UN…
On 12 February, the Government of Liberia, in collaboration with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), the Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO) and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), launched Liberia’s first regional…
"Since my last briefing, planning for the security transition has moved to implementation. UNMIL has begun its next military drawdown under Security Council Resolution 2066, and now, for the first time since 2005, UNMIL’s…
Karin Landgren Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia Excerpt of a briefing to the Security Council on the twenty fifth Progress Report of the Secretary-General…
During the celebrations marking the International Women’s Day on 8 March in Bentol City, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Karin Landgren hailed Liberia for its commitment to fight violence perpetrated against…
In her briefing on the twenty-fifth progress report of the Secretary-General on UNMIL, the SRSG noted that Liberia continues to make significant progress as it approaches the ten-year anniversary of its Comprehensive Peace…
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) today announced the deployment of a new Nepalese Formed Police Unit (FPU) to support peace and stability in Liberia. Around 120 Nepalese police officers arrived in Monrovia this…