Mr. Nicholas Haysom of South Africa - Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Representative for Somalia and Head of the...
Open Letter on the Gender Parity Quota Law for Representation of Women and Men
It is with great personal and professional satisfaction that we, the United Nations in Guinea-Bissau, witnessed the approval by the National Assembly of the Gender Parity Quota Law, legislation that will allow the women of...
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Security Council Briefing on Non-Proliferation/Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Under-Secretary-General Rosemary A. DiCarlo
Madam President, Members of the Security Council, There have been several positive developments related to the nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programmes of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea over recent months…
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Security Council Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East, Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov
Madame President, Members of the Security Council, On behalf of the Secretary-General, I will devote this briefing to presenting the seventh report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 covering the period…
Statement by Ghassan Salame, Special Representative of the Secretary General to Libya and Head of UNSMIL pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/45
39th session of the Human Rights Council Mr. President, Distinguished Members of the Council, I wish to thank you for inviting me to...
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Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Syria, Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura
Señor Presidente, Embajador Lorenti, [Sacha Lorenti, Bolivia], Dear Friends, Members of the Council: When I briefed you last month, I said that we were approaching a moment of truth in the effort to convene a UN-facilitated…
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Security Council Briefing on Situation in Syria, Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura
Querido Señor Presidente, Le agradezco mucho por esta oportunidad desde Beirut. I would take this opportunity to update you and Members of the Council since my briefing, which took place last week in New York. Today, I will…
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Security Council Briefing on Ukraine, Under-Secretary-General Rosemary A. DiCarlo
Thank you, Mr. President, The last Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine took place five months ago, on 29 May 2018. As I stated then, the UN has been consistent in its strong support for the lead role of the…
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Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Yemen, Special Envoy Martin Griffiths
Mr. President, The conflict continues, and rages on. We see Hodeidah as the center of gravity of the war. And for this reason, we deeply welcome recent reports of the reduction of violence on Hodeidah fronts. And we need it…
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Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Syria, Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura
Thank you, Mr President, and good to be with all of you Since my last time I briefed you, the Secretary-General had announced that Mr Geir Pedersen of Norway, a good friend of mine - and an excellent choice if I may say -…
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Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Burundi, Special Envoy Michel Kafando
Monsieur le Président, Je voudrais vous féliciter sur l’occasion de votre présidence et vous offre tous mes encouragements. Monsieur le Président, Distingués Membres du Conseil de sécurité, Mesdames et Messieurs, Le rapport…
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Security Council Briefing on Ukraine, Under-Secretary-General Rosemary A. DiCarlo
Thank you, Mr. President. Less than a month ago, when I last briefed the Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, I brought to the Council’s attention the reports of increased tensions in the Sea of Azov and underlined…