- Press Releases
UNIFIL head leads tribute to peacekeeper fallen in the service of peace
UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Diodato Abagnara today paid tribute to Sergeant-Chef Florian Montorio, the UNIFIL peacekeeper who passed away yesterday in a tragic incident in Ghanduriyah, honouring…
- Press Releases
Final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment
The European Union and the United Nations today released the final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), jointly conducted with the World Bank, assessing the damages, economic losses, and recovery and reconstruction…
Secretary-General's Message ahead of World Spanish Language Day on 23 April [scroll down for French version]
Dear friends, Today we celebrate a language that connects shores, preserves memories and brings worlds together. The Spanish language carries with it centuries of history, immense cultural richness and the voice of hundreds…
UNIFIL / Pasqual Gorriz
- Secretary-General Statements
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the death of a peacekeeper in an incident in Lebanon
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack on Saturday, 18 April 2026, in which one French peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed and another three were injured, two…
Displaced people wait in line to receive aid from the WFP in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo: WFP/Musa Abema
- Political Solutions to Conflict
- MONUSCO
UN welcomes humanitarian access deal in DR Congo
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( MONUSCO) has welcomed a new agreement aimed at easing the flow of aid to conflict-affected regions. Following talks in Montreux, Switzerland, the Congolese…
UNRCCA and UNOCT hold briefing under Counter-Terrorism Early Warning Network
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan
Participants in this activity came from the territories of Nyiragongo, Rutshuru, Masisi, as well as from the city of Goma, where armed groups are still operating. Photo MONUSCO ©Aubin Mukoni
Goma: Civil society actors trained in monitoring child rights violations
A training organized by the Child Protection Section of MONUSCO, notably in partnership with UNICEF.
©MONUSCO / Sébastien Kitsa
Grand Nord: James Swan on field visit to support civilian protection efforts
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Head of MONUSCO, Mr. James Swan, began his first field visit to eastern DRC on Monday in Beni since taking office…
- Security Council
ASG Khiari warns of escalating fighting and rising civilian toll in Ukraine
Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific Khaled Khiari Remarks to the Security Council on Ukraine New York, 20 April 2026 Madam President, Since we last briefed this Council…
- Press Releases
ECOWAS-UNOWAS-Commonwealth (International Moral Guarantors) Joint Assessment Mission to Sierra Leone on the Agreement for National Unity and Recommendations of the Tripartite Committee’s Report
The International Moral Guarantors on the implementation of the Agreement for National Unity (ANU) signed between the Government of Sierra Leone and the All People’s Congress (APC) party on 18 October 2023 undertook a third…
The Office of the UN Special Envoy concludes meeting with representatives of the Military Coordination Committee
Amman, 21 April 2026 - The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen (OSESGY) convened a new round of technical meetings in Amman from 19 to 20 April within the framework of the Military Coordination…
UNIFIL
- Security Council Press Statements
Security Council press statement on the death of a French peacekeeper from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated against the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on 18 April, following which one peacekeeper from France died and three…