UN Day Message UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Mr. Ján Kubiš UN Deputy Special Coordinator/Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Najat Rochdi October 24 -the UN Day- this year marks the 75 th Anniversary of…
Five countries will hold elections: Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Niger. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, UNOWAS, in close coordination with its regional partners, ECOWAS and the AU, have been mobilized through…
Geneva - Palais Des Nations, 23 October 2020 Good afternoon Today is a good day for the Libyan people. At 11:15 AM this morning, here in the UN headquarters in Geneva, the two Libyan delegations to the 5+5 Joint Military…
Peace be upon you and good morning, On behalf of Mr. Antόnio Guterres, SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations I am honored to be here today to witness history being made. I want to pay tribute to you. What you have…
Mogadishu – As Somalia prepares to hold elections, the United Nations today highlighted the need to ensure the country’s political space remains open, allowing for a diversity of voices and views to be expressed as part of…
Mogadishu – As Somalia prepares to hold elections, the United Nations today highlighted the need to ensure the country’s political space remains open, allowing for a diversity of voices and views to be expressed as part of…
On 22 October 2020, Secretary-General António Guterres approved the United Nations (UN) Strategy for Peace Consolidation, Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in the Great Lakes region. The Strategy, developed by the…
Tripoli, 22 October 2020, UNSMIL deplores the recent unlawful arrest of the Head of the Libyan Media Corporation, Mr Mohamed Omar Baaio. The Mission calls for his immediate and unconditional release. Mr Baaio was arrested on…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, is conducting a pre-electoral visit to Ghana. During his visit, from 21 to…
Jean-Pierre Lacroix briefed ambassadors on recent developments concerning the oil-rich border area, where the UN interim security force, UNISFA, has been deployed since 2011 to protect civilians and humanitarians. He recalled…
Palais des Nations, Geneva, 21 October Acting Special Representative: Good morning. After two days of the first face-to-face direct talks between the two Libyan delegations to the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, these talks…
After two days of the first face-to-face direct talks between the two Libyan delegations to the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, which have been marked by a great degree of patriotism and professionalism and insistence on…