Representatives of a recently-formed bloc of women members of political parties (Takattul al Nisaa al Hizbiyat) met on 28 February with the head of the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Yemen in Aden Marwan Ali. The meeting…
Tripoli, 07 March 2021 - The UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ján Kubiš stresses the importance of holding the House of Representatives session on…
New York -- The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly terrorist attack that took place in Mogadishu yesterday. He extends his profound condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a swift recovery to those…
New York – The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly terrorist attack that took place in Mogadishu yesterday. He extends his profound condolences to the families of the victims and wishes a swift recovery to those…
The COVID-19 pandemic has erased decades of progress towards gender equality. From high job losses to exploding burdens of unpaid care, from disrupted schooling to an escalating crisis of domestic violence and exploitation…
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, deplores the acts of violence that have taken place over the past two days…
The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) held its 983 rd meeting on the unified role of the African Group (A3) in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on 4 March. At the opening session, the participants…
The Co-chairs of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya (IFCL) Economic Working Group (EU, Egypt, US), with the UN Support Mission to Libya (UNSMIL), express their concern regarding the situation in Libya’s…
As part of his continuous efforts to mobilise support to the three-track intra-Libyan dialogue process, the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ján Kubiš…
As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the COVID-19 crisis has a woman’s face. The pandemic is worsening already deep inequalities facing women and girls…
TRIPOLI, 4 March 2021 - In accordance with the Secretary-General’s recommendation in his report of 29 December 2020 and subsequent to the Security Council’s request of 4 February, the United Nations deployed a small advance…
UNOWAS Supports the Organization of a Consultation Workshop of Young Women and Men for Peaceful and Violence-Free Legislative Elections, and the Consolidation of Peace in Côte d'Ivoire Available in French