Fuel shortages threaten the provision of essential health and water services across Lebanon, putting thousands of families in Lebanon at risk of a humanitarian catastrophe. “I am deeply concerned about the impact of the fuel…
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan reiterate their commitment to stay and deliver aid to millions of people in need in the country. While some UN personnel that are not location dependent has temporarily been relocated…
TRIPOLI, 17 August 2021 - On 14 August, armed actors forced the closure of the eastern branch of the Man-Made River. The closure threatens the water security for millions of people in Libya and risks provoking a humanitarian…
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council called for an immediate cessation of all hostilities and the establishment, through inclusive negotiations, of a new government that is united, inclusive and representative –…
SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON AFGHANISTAN 16 August 2021 New York [as delivered] The world is following events in Afghanistan with a heavy heart and deep disquiet about what lies ahead . All of us…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General is following with deep concern the rapidly evolving situation in Afghanistan. He urges the Taliban and all other parties to exercise utmost restraint in order to protect lives and ensure that…
NEW YORK - I have just returned to New York and would like to speak to you about the grave situation in Afghanistan. Even [for] a country that has tragically known generations of conflict, Afghanistan is in the throes of yet…
Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, Thank you for the opportunity to brief on the situation in Somalia. I am pleased to do so together once again with the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the…
302,400 Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccines, donated by the United States through the COVAX facility, arrive in the country Mogadishu – Somalia received 302,400 doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine…
Mogadishu – 302,400 Johnson & Johnson single-shot vaccines, donated by the United States through the COVAX facility, arrive in the country Somalia received 302,400 doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine…
Xudur – Seated outside her makeshift home in the Madaxwaarabe internally displaced people’s site in Xudur, 80-year-old mother of five Fatuma Nishow Aliyow does not know where her next meal will come from. “We have not cooked…