NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council have hailed the inauguration of Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as new president of Afghanistan, with both noting the historic nature of the occasion…
Ghadames, 29 September 2014 - At the invitation of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), a group of parliamentarians from the Libyan House of Representatives met today in Ghadames for preliminary discussions…
KABUL - The United Nations today warmly congratulates Dr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on his inauguration as the new President of Afghanistan and reaffirms its commitment to cooperate with the national unity government in…
Tripoli, 28 September 2014 -The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, continued his efforts to pave the way for political dialogue. Mr. Leon Travelled to Tobruk on Sunday 28 September…
KABUL - The United Nations human rights office has urged the Government of Afghanistan to halt the death sentences in a case against a group of men charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and gang-rape in Paghman, a district…
UNHQ, New York Friday, 26 September 2014 Chairperson’s Summary of the Ministerial Meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon United Nations Headquarters, 26 September 2014 A Ministerial Meeting of the…
New York, 25 Septembe1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, convened a high-level meeting on Libya in New York on 25 September 2014. Participants included representatives of Algeria, Argentina…
KABUL - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Nicholas Haysom as his Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). A South African national, Mr…
Politics will save Somalia by Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia Sitting in Mogadishu, it’s easy to think the world needs to learn from Somalia. As human suffering escalates in…
New York - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon co-chaired a High-Level Meeting on Somalia today, with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Chair of the African…
New York – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon co-chaired a High-Level Meeting on Somalia today, with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the Chair of the African…
25 September 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, received positive responses from the House of Representatives and from those parliamentarians who have boycotted the House of…