NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to discuss the work undertaken in the first year of the National Unity Government and the current situation…
UNHQ, New York Wednesday, 30 September 2015 A ministerial-level meeting of the International Support Group for Lebanon was chaired by the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon on 30 September 2015 at United Nations…
Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Agila Saleh Essa Gwaider, President of the House of Representatives of Libya New York, 29 September 2015 - The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Agila Saleh…
Jordanian Expertise in Family and Children Protection Extended to Libyan Staff of Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice and Civil Society Organizations In September, UNSMIL’s Women Empowerment Section, in collaboration…
KABUL - As the situation unfolds in Kunduz, the United Nations in Afghanistan reminds all parties to the conflict of their obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians from harm and to respect human…
Oral update of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Libya pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 28/30 [To be delivered by the Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights] 30th session of the Human…
Delivered by the Director of the Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Division of UNSMIL 30th session of the Human Rights Council, Item 10 29 September 2015 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, On…
New York, 28 September 2015 - Your Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia, Your Excellency Dr. Abdusalam Hadliye Omer, Foreign Affairs Minister of Somalia,Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson…
GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today expressed deep concern about the human rights situation in Afghanistan's northeastern city of Kunduz following a major Taliban attack yesterday. He…
NEW YORK - The President of the General Assembly today challenged the United Nations to generate the political will to end conflict and poverty and invest the trillions of dollars that will be needed to build a sustainable…
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns yesterday’s suicide attack in Zarghun Shahr district in the south-eastern province of Paktika. On 27 September, a suicide attacker detonated an…
HERAT - The rights of young women were the focus of a series of UNAMA-backed theatrical performances last week for hundreds of children at schools in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat. Actors from the Herat Theatre…