New York, 27 November 2017 - In the morning of the 27 November 2017, the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, briefed the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) at the United Nations…
PRESS STATEMENT 19/2017 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) congratulates Mr. Muse Bihi Abdi of the Peace, Unity and Development (KULMIYE) Party on his election as President of “Somaliland”, as confirmed…
PRESS STATEMENT 19/2017 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) congratulates Mr. Muse Bihi Abdi of the Peace, Unity and Development (KULMIYE) Party on his election as President of “Somaliland”, as confirmed…
KUNDUZ - As part of the UN’s annual 16 days of activities aimed at raising awareness about ending violence against women, radio stations in Afghanistan’s north-eastern provinces have launched a series of programmes…
Mogadishu - A consultative forum to review Somalia’s National Action Plan on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict, has been held in Mogadishu as part of the efforts aimed at addressing the widespread conflict related sexual…
The Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs met today to discuss the situation in Yemen. They received a briefing from…
KANDAHAR - The critical importance of protecting the rights and well-being of children in armed conflict was brought to life during two UN-backed theatre performances by the Kandahar Theatre and Film Group in the Afghanistan…
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, 1. I am briefing you from Geneva, as we are preparing for round 8 of the UN-convened intra-Syrian talks. Let me explain how we got here over the past month, and the approach to…
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan Salamé, calls for the…
New York, 25 November 2017 - Every woman and every girl has the right to a life free of violence. Yet this rupture of human rights occurs in a variety of ways in every community, particularly affecting those who are most…
Fatima Dirie Nur is a woman with vision. She hopes that one day soon no woman or girl in the Puntland State of Somalia will suffer the anguish of being victims of gender-based violence. An activist and campaigner, Fatima…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - In a year when the # metoo hashtag has inspired women across the globe to tell their personal tales of harassment and unwanted sexual advances in the workplace, one team of local female TV reporters in…