Discussions focused on the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and its humanitarian consequences, particularly the impact on civilians.
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President Tshisekedi meets MONUSCO acting chief Vivian van de Perre at the African Union City
On 13 January, at the African Union City, President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi met with the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG a.i.), Vivian van de Perre. Discussions focused on the deteriorating…
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Briefing by the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, to the Security Council
Mr. President, allow me to warmly welcome the newly elected members of the Security Council and I look forward to close and constructive cooperation in the period ahead with all of you. Mr. President, over the past months…
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UNMHA Officer-in-Charge Briefs Security Council Ahead of Mandate Decision
New York, 14 January 2026 – The Officer-in-Charge of UNMHA, Ms. Mari Yamashita, briefed the Security Council in closed consultations on the Mission’s activities and the situation in its mandated areas. During the briefing…
Ebola: UN crisis response mission opens new office in Mali
The newest outpost of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) became operational today, while a new head of its Guinea office was named and the World Health Organization reported that the number of…
Ebola: December 1 target for response may not be met in some areas of West Africa, UN reports
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today that while Ebola response targets for December 1 in West Africa may be reached in many places, they may not be met in some areas, and confirmed two new cases in…
Top UN health officials take joint mission to Mali in support of Ebola response
The Executive Director of Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibé and the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, have visited Mali in a joint mission to support the…
Ebola: Ban hopeful of outbreak’s end by mid-2015; UN to set up response office in Mali
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that by continuing to scale up the global fight against Ebola, there is hope the outbreak could be contained by mid-2015, but he emphasized that results to date are still uneven, and…
Ban to take up fight against Ebola with heads of all UN organizations
On the eve of a meeting of United Nations agency chiefs to discuss ways to jointly tackle the Ebola outbreak, the World Bank reported today Liberia’s labour sector has suffered a huge blow since the start of the crisis, as a“…
Ebola cases no longer rising in Guinea, Liberia, UN health agency reports
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today that the number of Ebola cases is“;no longer increasing nationally in Guinea and Liberia, but is still increasing in Sierra Leone”;, and that preparedness…
‘Insecurity on the march again’ in Africa’s Sahel region, UN relief official warns
Insecurity is on the march again in the countries of Africa’s Sahel belt, where extremists have displaced 1.5 million people in Nigeria and the threat of Ebola is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis, the United…
Efforts by UN health agency under way to step up Ebola response in Mali
The United Nations is intensifying its efforts to keep the Ebola outbreak from spreading in Mali by working to identify all chains of transmission and stepping up social mobilization campaigns to include a range of actors…
‘Nimble and flexible’ approach needed to bring new Ebola cases to zero – UN
Exceptional efforts to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa are starting to show results, but a more“;nimble and flexible”; approach will be needed as the outbreak evolves in order to stay ahead of the disease and…