GARDEZ - Open and transparent government is a key public right, Paktya’s provincial governor, Nasratullah Arsala, said at a UN-backed ‘good governance’ event in south-east Paktya province. Mr. Arsala said his administration…
PRESS STATEMENT 16/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, condemned in the strongest possible terms yesterday’s attack on the Naso Hablod Hotel, in the busy KM-4…
PRESS STATEMENT 16/2016 The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) in Somalia, Michael Keating, condemned in the strongest possible terms yesterday’s attack on the Naso Hablod Hotel, in the busy KM-4…
June 24 – Following three incidents in the past days that put access to health care in Benghazi under attack, the acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator and WHO Representative/ head of mission, Dr. Syed Jaffar Hussain, expresses…
The Somali National Leadership Forum (NLF) opened in the southwestern town of Baidoa, to fine tune processes that will lay the groundwork for the country’s electoral process in August. Somali President H.E Hassan Sheikh…
GARDEZ - In the south-eastern province of Paktya, where women generally do not take prominent roles in social and political life due to conservative cultural constraints, a recent UN-backed gathering spotlighted the issue and…
In Havana, Cuba, today to witness the signing of a bilateral ceasefire agreement and laying down of weapons between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP), United…
Geneva, 23 June 2016 SdeM. Good afternoon, again sorry, but we just finished our Humanitarian Task Force. So let me just start by first making one or two general comments on the overall picture and on the political overall…
The celebrations of the fortnight of the Child under the theme "Conflict and Crisis in Africa", let us protect all the rights of children" are of special importance this year not only because they coincide with the 20th…
Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 22 June 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag visited on Tuesday the Palestine refugee camp of Rashidieh in southern Lebanon. During her visit, the Special Coordinator…
Mr. President, Excellencies, Thank you for the invitation to join Stephen O’Brien and Ivan Simonovic at this meeting. I will obviously defer to both Stephen and to Ivan on the subjects of their own competence and professional…