European Union
EU-UN: Joint Press Release Inaugural EU-UN Strategic Committee on Peace and Security
The European Union-United Nations Strategic Committee on Peace and Security held its inaugural meeting on 3 March 2026 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The meeting was co-chaired by Rosemary A. DiCarlo, the United…
DSRSG Gagnon briefing to the Security Council
NEW YORK - The Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Georgette Gagnon, today briefed the Security Council on the situation in Afghanistan. Read the full text of the Security Council briefing by…
- Peacekeeping Ministerials
Speech by UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at the 2019 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial
Under-Secretary General, Foreign and Defence Ministers, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: This is the third UN Defense Peacekeeping Ministerial I have attended, but the first on my home soil. I am proud to speak here…
- Peacekeeping Ministerials
Statement by Under-Secretary-General Jan Beagle to the 2019 Peacekeeping Ministerial
Speech ahead of the Opening of “Performance” Session. Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support, Honorable Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me first thank the Special Envoy for her personal commitment…
- Peacekeeping Ministerials
Statement by Under-Secretary-General Atul Khare to the 2019 Peacekeeping Ministerial
New York — 29 March 2019 Opening of “Training and Capacity Building” Session Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank all the Co-Chairs of the Peacekeeping Ministerial process, and in particular the…
- Peacekeeping Ministerials
Statement by Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix to the 2019 Peacekeeping Ministerial
Secretary-General, Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to add my thanks to the over 110 Member States participating today in this seminal event for United Nations Peacekeeping. The continued success of…
Statement to the Fourth Committee by Under Secretary-General Khare
Thank you president, ambassadors, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen and dear colleagues. Let me begin by thanking all Member States here today for your continued commitment to UN peacekeeping. Each of you, in your…
USG DPKO Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix Statement to the Fourth Committee
2018: A Year of Renewal Excellencies, distinguished delegates, dear colleagues, It is a great pleasure to be with you today for the opening of this general debate of the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly on…
Prison hygiene: MONUSCO and UNFPA help restore dignity to women in detention in Bunia
A sensitization session on personal hygiene and mental health in detention was organized at the central prison of Bunia.
- SRSG Briefings to UN Security Council
Transcript of the briefing by the DSRSG to the Security Council
NEW YORK - The following is the transcript of the briefing by the SG's Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Georgette Gagnon.
Growing hope – prison farms in South Sudan solve more than just food shortages
TEREKEKA – It is a mercilessly humid day in Central Equatoria. But for peacekeepers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), it’s another opportunity to find solutions to the many challenges that communities…