Your Excellency Mr. President, Dear members of the press, I am happy to be back in Somalia, six years after my first visit as Secretary-General, not to mention the many visits as High Commissioner for Refugees during more…
On 11 April, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to the AU and Head of UNOAU, Parfait Onanga-Ayanga met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Ethiopia, Yevgeny Terekhin, to discuss Russia’s position…
SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPLEMENTING THE PEACE AGREEMENT AND ADVANCING ON OTHER DIALOGUES THAT AIM TO CONSOLIDATE PEACE Bogotá, April 10, 2023. – In his most recent report on the UN Verification Mission…
07 April 2023 In presence of the Special Representative of the Secretary General in Libya, the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) organized a meeting in Benghazi bringing together several military and security leaders from…
Benghazi - 07 April 2023 First, I would like to thank the 5+5 JMC and the leaders of the security and military units for joining this meeting tonight, under the auspices of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. I also…
The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Officer in Charge of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Giovanie BIHA, today concluded a four-day working visit to the Republic of…
In the Department of Guainía, Indigenous Female Leaders gathered to strengthen their skills to consolidate political participation Female Indigenous leaders attended a meeting in Inírida, the capital of Guainía, a department…
UN Cyprus Good Offices mission staff, supported by UNFICYP, care for the environment by holding a tree planting event in the UN buffer zone, planting local species such as olive trees. The mission of good offices continues to…
Visit the virtual exhibition from 6 April - 15 June 2023 that reveals the lives of those impacted by war, trauma, displacement and exile through the Holocaust, genocide and other atrocity crimes in Cambodia, Srebrenica and…
KABUL – The United Nations in Afghanistan condemns in the strongest terms a decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to prohibit Afghan women from working for the UN in Afghanistan. The UN has been notified by the de…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemns the Taliban’s decision to ban Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan. This is a violation of the inalienable fundamental human rights of women. It…
TRIPOLI, 05 April 2023 – Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, today concluded his first official visit to Libya’s southern neighbours, Sudan, Chad and Niger. During the visit he…