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The Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus, Espen Barth Eide, on 23 September 2016 met US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in New York. Mr. Eide described the meeting as: "a very inspiring discussion…
HERAT - Achieving gender parity, especially in education, is one of the most crucial tools in the fight against radicalization and extremism, said participants at a UN-backed ‘Global Open Days’ event in the provincial capital…
Somali women have launched an ‘All Women’s Campaign’ in a national effort to achieve a 30 per cent quota of seats in both houses of the country’s next federal parliament. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud presided over…
Joint Communique on Libya by Algeria, Canada, Chad, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Niger, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom…
The Secretary-General condemns the multiple airstrikes by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on 21 September in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, Yemen, which killed and injured dozens of people, including children and women…
22 September 2016 - Special Envoy Saïd Djinnit was on official mission to New York from 19 to 23 September for consultations on new developments in the Great Lakes region. The five-day visit took place on the sidelines of the…
As a visitor enters the port city of Kismaayo, he is greeted by an imposing monument bearing the words ‘ Kismaayo waa nabad’, which means ‘Kismaayo is peaceful’ in Somali. These reassuring words are especially significant now…
KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is encouraged by the initialing today in Kabul of a draft peace agreement between the Government of Afghanistan and Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin. UNAMA supports the efforts…
The Secretary-General met today with His Excellency Mr. Tammam Salam, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon. The Secretary General and Prime Minister Salam discussed the ongoing impact of the Syrian conflict on Lebanon…
RER: Good afternoon. This has been a particularly grim week, but also eventful. There has been considerable loss of life in Syria, in Urum al-Kubra, in Khan Tuman and in Deir ez-Zor. Urum al-Kubra and Khan Tuman are…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) jointly launch, on 19 September 2016 in New York, efforts to support West Africa against drugs and crime. In…
KABUL - Drama performances portraying the effects of war on Afghan communities, especially children, were a key component of an International Day of Peace event in Kabul today. More than 50 people, including government…