News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

16 January 2018 Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you very much for your presence. It is very good to see all of you and let me start by wishing you all a very happy and healthy new year. I have just spoken to the Member States about the year ahead. Last year, on my first day as Secretary-General, I…

16 January 2018, Monrovia – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIL, Farid Zarif, co-chaired the 2nd official celebration of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Human Rights Day. This day is also celebrated across the West…

12 January 2018, Monrovia - UNMIL handed over items and equipment to the Liberia National Police (LNP) and the Liberia Immigration Services (LIS) through an Integrated Border Management (IBM) project and the Community Policing/Engagement (CP/E) project. The UNMIL Police Commissioner, Mr. Simon…

The members of the Security Council met on 9 January 2017 to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and activities of MONUSCO. They were briefed by Under Secretary General Lacroix on the political, human rights, security and humanitarian situation in the country.The members of…

The United Nations is implementing its Action Plan for Libya to create the necessary conditions for the completion of the North African country’s post-conflict transition, the head of UN mission there said Wednesday. “The United Nations is poised to increase its presence in Libya,” Ghassan Salamé…

The United Nations Mission in the troubled Central African Republic, known by its French acronym, MINUSCA, has given armed groups in the north of the country 48 hours to clear out. The Mission wants to clear a 50 kilometre perimeter around the town allowing displaced persons to return. Over the last…

Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID. On 17 and 18 January 2018, UNAMID’s Community Outreach Unit (COU), in partnership with the Students Activity Directorate at the Ministry of Education, North Darfur, conducted three school visits to Al Fajr Secondary School for Boys, Al Faroug and Al Raheeg Al…

On the occasion of the Indian Army Day, UNIFIL’s Indian Battalion (IndBatt) organized a solemn memorial service at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Beirut to honour the Indian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War I and World War II. Ambassador of India to Lebanon, Sanjiv Arora…

Conflict is not always linear, with a clear beginning, middle and end, the President of the United Nations General Assembly said Thursday, urging a new approach to peace that requires action at all stages of the conflict cycle. “We are no longer dealing only with tanks, planes, and uniformed troops…

On 18 January 2018, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Mr Zahir Tanin, met with the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr Ramush Haradinaj. Prime Minister Haradinaj and SRSG Tanin exchanged views on a variety of issues including the 16 January assassination of Oliver…

French peacekeeper Major Jean-Louis Valet, who was killed in action in the vicinity of the Shab’a Farms in 2005, was remembered at solemn ceremony in the UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura last week. As an unarmed UN peacekeeper, Major Valet was serving with Observer Group Lebanon of the UN Truce…

UNMISS launches installation of solar lighting system to support Juba Teaching Hospital Officials of the Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan’s main hospital, have praised the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, for funding the installation of a solar-powered lighting system in their…