New York, 23 June 2015 - With a population of over 370 million, the Great Lakes region of Africa represents an increasingly educated, youthful, fast growing, and urbanized middle class segment of the continent’s population…
KABUL - Afghanistan’s first online system for counter narcotics went live today, thanks to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Afghanistan Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN). The interactive…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the swearing-in of members of the parliament of the new Galmudug Interim Administration that took place in Adaado…
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, today expressed concern regarding recent reports of human rights violations in Roumieh prison. The Special Coordinator underscored the importance of the…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the swearing-in of members of the parliament of the new Galmudug Interim Administration that took place in Adaado…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the swearing-in of members of the parliament of the new Galmudug Interim Administration that took place in Adaado…
Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, welcomed the swearing-in of members of the parliament of the new Galmudug Interim Administration that took place in Adaado…
Ms. Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon today called for increased donor assistance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in order to meet…
NEW YORK - Afghanistan is making economic, security and political progress in a challenging climate, but direct peace talks are critical to the country’s future, said Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns today’s attack on Parliament in Kabul. “The attack against Parliament, for which the Taliban have claimed responsibility, is a clear and…
The Secretary-General continues to follow with concern the political crisis in Burundi, which threatens to undo more than a decade of work to consolidate peace and reconciliation in the country.
NEW YORK - Below is the near-verbatim transcript of the media stakeout following a briefing of the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan to the Security Council.