Statement by SRSG Zahir Tanin on International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Nineteen years after the end of the conflict in Kosovo, 1,652 persons from all Kosovan communities remain missing. The full truth about their fate remains unknown to their families. On this day, the International Day for the…
The Deputy Secretary-General --- Remarks on the Occasion of the Closure of the United Nations Mission in Liberia
Monrovia, 22 March 2018 [As prepared for delivery] Your Excellency President George Weah, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Dear colleagues and friends, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you, Mr. President, and distinguished…
The Liberia Moment - From Peacekeeping to Sustaining Peace, Pro-Poor Inclusive Development and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals
An International Meeting in Monrovia - 23 March 2018 Download: liberia_moment_-_joint_communique_-_23_march_2018.pdf (Monrovia, March 23, 2018) — Liberia is at a crossroads of opportunity. A new President, H.E. George Manneh…
UN chief denounces terrorist attack in southern France; commends response of security forces
Strongly condemning the terrorist attack in France, the United Nations Secretary-General has reiterated his support to the Government in its fight against violent extremism.
At Security Council, UN Middle East peace envoy reports on Israel’s troubling settlement expansion
Reporting that over the past three months, Israel has advanced 22 plans for some 1,200 housing units for one area of the West Bank, a United Nations envoy warned Monday that such ongoing settlement expansion is eroding the…
SRSG TANIN CALLS FOR RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND CALM
Today’s developments in Kosovo are unacceptable. I call on Belgrade and Pristina authorities to act with good will, to avoid provocation and to take the steps necessary to maintain peace and human security. The…
Photos and drawings tell 40 years of UNIFIL’s shared history in south Lebanon
A UNIFIL Civil Affairs officer opens up a discussion with a visiting school group about the historical images on display. In a little room inside Beit al Madina in the southern city of Tyre, drawings of white doves, green…
Traditional Communicators bid farewell to UNMIL
27 March 2018, Monrovia – The eleven groups of Traditional Communicators (TC’s) bid farewell to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) with a day of cultural singing and dancing performances; after 15 years of…
UN allocates $9 million to help thousands of people displaced in north-east Nigeria
Some 60,000 people displaced by ongoing hostilities in Nigeria’s crisis-torn Borno state will receive life-saving aid thanks to an allocation from the United Nations-managed country-based humanitarian assistance fund.
Security Council renews UN mission in DR Congo
The Security Council on Tuesday extended for one year the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), making it a priority for the operation to protect civilians and provide support for…
On visit to Bor, head of UNMISS stresses need to create conditions for displaced people to return home
On visit to Bor, head of UNMISS stresses need to create conditions for displaced people to return home On his second visit to Bor town in Jonglei, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United…