NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Tadamichi Yamamoto of Japan as his Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). He will…
NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Pernille Dahler Kardel of Denmark as his Deputy Special Representative (Political) for the United Nations Assistance Mission in…
NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan. He will succeed Haile Menkerios of South Africa, to…
UNHQ, New York 17 March 2016 The members of the Security Council were briefed on 16 March 2016 by the Special Coordinator for Lebanon of the Secretary-General, Sigrid Kaag, on the implementation of United Nations Security…
SdeM: Good afternoon, today is the end of the first week. The first week of what we have been waiting for, for a very long time, Intra-Syrian talks. It has coincided to a large degree, today there were some incidents, but to…
Martin Kobler Strongly Condemns Human Rights Activist’s Assassination in Derna: I am Shocked by this Heinous Murder 17 March 2016 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support…
KABUL - Nowruz is a special occasion for Afghans. It is a time for renewal and celebration, promoting values of peace and solidarity between generations and communities. It contributes to cultural diversity and friendship…
BAZARAK - A new partnership between a central Panjshir province radio station and UNAMA will kick off over the next three months with a series of broadcasts on justice and rule of law. At a meeting in Bazarak this week, the…
Jan Egeland: We just finished the fifth of the taskforce meeting on humanitarian matters of the ISSG, International Support Group for Syria. We could report that today the third convoy to the four towns has been able to go on…
Staffan de Mistura (SdeM): Good evening. Well, it is a good thing to recap. We had today three events, and you must have had already one debriefing on that. We had the Humanitarian Task Force. Jan Egeland debriefed you on…
KABUL - Journalist security and freedom of expression were the focus of a conference in Kabul yesterday, attended by media professionals from across Afghanistan. More than 50 people -- representing journalist organizations…