Ebola virus transmission ends in Liberia – UN health agency
9 May 2015 – The World Health Organization ( WHO) has declared Liberia free of Ebola virus transmission as forty-two days have passed since the last laboratory-confirmed case was buried on 28 March, a “monumental achievement”…
Statement by SRSG Karin Landgren at Programme Marking the End of the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia
Your Excellency Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia, Mr President [His Excellency, President of the Republic of Togo], Honourable invitees, All protocol observed;I'm privileged to have served in…
Press briefing by SRSG Karin Landgren on the UN Security Council’s recent discussion on Liberia
Good morning everyone and welcome to UNMIL Headquarters. On May 5th, I briefed the UN Security Council on the situation in Liberia. When I last briefed the Council on September 9th last year, Liberia was dealing with hundreds…
SRSG May 21 Press Briefing (Near Verbatim Transcript)
Press briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia, Karin Landgren on the UN Security Council’s recent discussion on Liberia and the resumption…
Remarks by UN envoy Karin Landgren on International Day of UN Peacekeepers
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers Karin Landgren, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia 29 May 2015 Your Excellency Joseph Nyumah Boakai…
United Nations marks International Day of Peacekeepers in Liberia
A solemn ceremony marking the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers under the global theme UN70 and UN Peacekeeping: Past, present and future, was held at the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) headquarters in Monrovia…
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SRSG’s Farewell Address Cites Progress and Remaining Choices
Ahead of her departure from Liberia on 3 July, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Liberia, Karin Landgren, reflected on “Today’s Choices, Tomorrow’s…
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Today’s Choices, Tomorrow’s Liberia
Reflections of outgoing UNMIL SRSG Ms Karin Landgren, Monrovia City Hall, 30 June 2015 Your Excellencies, Honourable Ministers; our host, the Monrovia City Mayor; all distinguished guests; Good afternoon, and thank you for…
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One year remaining for Liberia to take full responsibility for all aspects of its security
(Monrovia) - One year from today, Liberia is to have assumed responsibility for all aspects of its own security, taking over the residual tasks still performed by the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). “The Security…
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Pakistan donates asphalt plant to the Government of Liberia
(Monrovia) -- The Government of Pakistan, through the Pakistan Repair and Maintenance (PakRAM) contingent of UNMIL, donated an asphalt plant to the Government of Liberia at a ceremony yesterday at Camp Scheffline, on the…
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UN Envoy urges Liberians to preserve their hard-won peace
The top United Nations envoy in Liberia, Ellen Margarethe Løj challenged Liberians to collectively and individually take actions that will nurture and sustain their hard-won peace. Speaking at a ceremony on 6 December in the…
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Twenty second high-level meeting of Heads of UN Peace Missions in West Africa
Dakar, 28 November, 2011 - The Heads of the United Nations (UN) Peace Missions in West Africa held their twenty-second high-level consultation in Dakar in order to facilitate the coordination of the action of the UN in…