Authorities declared a three-month state of emergency in early September after the worst flooding in 30 years. To date, more than 860,000 people have had houses destroyed or damaged and more than 120 people have died. Some…
The Office of the Special Envoy for Yemen continued its gender inclusion efforts and organized a set of virtual skills-and-knowledge building workshops in September with the Yemeni Women's Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations will begin a joint high-level visit to Conakry this Thursday 01 October 2020. The objective of the mission is to renew the…
Kinshasa, 30 September 2020 – Mr. Huang Xia, the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region on 30 September 2020 met with Dr. Muyembe-Tamfum, the current Managing Director of the Congolese Institute for Biomedical Research…
Kinshasa, 30 September 2020 – While on official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Special Envoy Huang Xia visited the National Institute for Biomedical Research. Built in 1975, the National Institute for…
Agriculture | FAO launches radio training programmes for farmers, pastoralists and fisher folks In light of the current threat to public health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to prevent the spread of the virus, FAO…
Kinshasa, 30 September 2020 - Mr. Huang Xia, UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region and Mr. François Muamba of the Democratic Republic of the Congo met in Kinshasa on 30 September 2020. Mr. Muamba is a Congolese…
HERAT - Radio panellists sought the support of the country’s Ulema and community elders in calling for a reduction in violence and a long-term ceasefire during a series of radio programmes in the western provinces. Speaking…
Mister President, Members of the Security Council, On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting his fifteenth report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334, covering the…
Hurghada, 29 September 2020 – Delegations representing the Government of National Accord and the “Libyan Arab Armed Forced,” and comprising police and military officers, have concluded two days of security and military talks…
KABUL - Luminaries from Afghanistan’s media, human rights, corruption watchdog sector and other civil society bodies were joined today in Kabul by the UN at an event held at the Presidential Palace to observe the…
THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR WEST AFRICA AND THE SAHEL, CONCLUDED HIS PRE-ELECTORAL MISSION IN COTE D’IVOIRE, URGED IVOIRIANS TO ACT IN SYNERGY AND IN CONCERTATION TO PRESERVE UNITY AND PEACE…