The Irish Embassy in Addis Ababa signed a partnership agreement with the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU). The partnership will support the implementation of initiatives to accelerate the implementation of…
UNOAU Quarterly highlights captures work undertaken to enhance the UN-AU partnership in peace and security. This second edition features an opinion piece by H.E. Hans Henric Lundquist, Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent…
Afghanistan is trapped in a humanitarian crisis with 23 million people facing acute food insecurity. We need to act now to stop the situation from getting worse Humanitarian agencies have scaled up assistance and are ready to…
United Nations Integrated Transitional Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) Spokesperson welcomes statement released by the Friends of Sudan Group on 29 March 2022, in which the member states affirmed strong support for…
Mogadishu – Somalia’s maritime capabilities received a major boost today with the inauguration of a new, state-of-the-art facility for the Somali Police Force (SPF) in the capital, Mogadishu, funded by the European Union and…
Your Excellencies, Secretary-General Al-Hajraf, Secretary-General Taha, Assistant Secretary-General Al Thawadi, Ms. Al Zouba, Ambassadors, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Your Excellency, Secretary General Al-Hajraf, for…
Dear correspondents, In response to questions asked about the calls for the temporary cessation of hostilities in Yemen, we can say the following: We welcome the announcements made in recent days by the Saudi-led Coalition…
Madam President, Members of the Security Council, I am grateful for the opportunity to brief you again on the situation in Sudan. Unfortunately, since my last briefing to this Council in January, the situation in Sudan has…
Luuq/Mogadishu – Standing in front of his makeshift home in a camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in southern Somalia’s Luuq district, Ahmad Hassan Yarrow looks out towards what remains of the Juba River and shakes his…
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council heard a briefing on 25 March by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, regarding the right to education for all Afghans, including girls…
On 26 March, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) participated in the world’s largest movement for the environment, Earth Hour. Each year, on the last Saturday of March, millions of people, including global…
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the recent escalation of the conflict in Yemen including Friday’s aerial attacks on civilian and energy facilities in Saudi Arabia by the Houthis and the subsequent Coalition airstrikes…