The Secretary-General is alarmed by the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation in northwest Syria and the tragic suffering of civilians. The ongoing offensive has displaced almost 900,000 civilians since 1 December…
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General has been following closely the talks between the United States and the Taliban about a significant reduction of violence in Afghanistan aimed at opening the way for intra-Afghan peace…
Earlier today, the UN Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus (OSASG), together with the World Bank, launched a Gender sensitive Socio-economic Impact Assessment of a settlement to the Cyprus issue…
Delegates representing the parties to the conflict in Yemen agreed on a detailed plan to complete the first official large-scale exchange of prisoners since the beginning of the conflict. This is a step towards the…
The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its 18th consultative meeting at the African Union Headquarters in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia on 11 February 2020. During the meeting the Joint Task…
TRIPOLI - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of Resolution 2510 (2020), which: endorses the Conclusions of the International Conference on Libya held in Berlin…
A commission composed of the governor's office, the Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital, the CNR-FARC and the Agency for Reintegration and Normalization (ARN) visited the former TATR of Llano Grande, Dabeiba, at the invitation of the…
TRIPOLI - The United Nations in Libya regrets that its regular flights, which transport its staff to and from Libya, are not granted permission by the LNA to land in Libya. This practice has been repeated on several occasions…
Joint Statement of the International Support Group for Lebanon Beirut, 1 2 February 2020 Following the vote of confidence by the Parliament yesterday evening , the ISG calls on the newly confirmed Government of Lebanon led…
Mogadishu – Somalia and the United Nations culture and education agency today signed an agreement aimed at strengthening efforts to preserve the country’s cultural heritage and improve its educational sector. “Culture and…
TRIPOLI, 11 February - On 9 and 10 February, 28 Libyan economic experts gathered in Cairo for the second round of talks of the Libyan Economic and Financial Track, one of the three intra-Libyan tracks UNSMIL is organizing -…
Interview of UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis with Sky News 'Europe faces new wave of migrants unless Lebanon acts,' U.N. official warns Jan Kubis, a former Slovakian foreign minister, has told Sky News that…