Showing 3651-3660 of 8584 results found.
Can Women and Youth Prevent Conflict in Central Asia
A two-day regional seminar entitled “The role of women and youth in conflict prevention in Central Asia” concluded on June 20, 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event was organized by the UN Regional Center for Preventive…
Martin Kobler: After six years of displacement, the swift return of Tawerghan IDPs is crucial
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, urges the Presidency Council to make concrete arrangements for the swift…
“Nimble and pro-active” peacekeeping response to be replicated in other crisis situations in South Sudan
United Nations peacekeepers in South Sudan have been praised by the most senior UN official in the country for a “nimble and pro-active” response in support of humanitarians dealing with an emergency. David Shearer, the Head…
- Press Releases
The special Representative welcomes the Rome agreement and requests a cease-fire to stop the suffering of civilians
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Central African Republic (CAR), Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, has called for an immediate cessation of violence affecting certain regions in accordance with…
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali
The Secretary-General condemns the terrorist attack carried out at a hotel in the outskirts of Bamako on 18 June. The Secretary-General expresses his condolences to the bereaved and the families of the victims as well as to…
MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
Today we pay tribute to the women, girls, men and boys who have suffered the atrocity of sexual violence in conflict, and we reaffirm our global commitment to eliminate this scourge. Rape and sexual violence in conflict are…
Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
NEW YORK, 18 June 2017 - Today we pay tribute to the women, girls, men and boys who have suffered the atrocity of sexual violence in conflict, and we reaffirm our global commitment to eliminate this scourge. Rape and sexual…
- Press Releases
Balance of laying down of weapons process by FARC-EP to June 16
(Bogotá, June 16, 2017). The second phase of the laying down of Individual weapons by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC -EP), that began last Tuesday in La Elvira, in the department of Cauca…
- Press Releases & Statements
Press Statement by Office of the Special Envoy for Syria on the resumption of intra-Syrian talks
The Special Envoy for Syria wishes to announce he will convene a seventh round of the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva. The target date for arrival of invitees is 9 July, with the round beginning on 10 July. He intends to convene…
- Political and Institutional Stability
Joint Statement of the International Support Group for Lebanon after Parliament ratifies electoral law
The members of the International Support Group (ISG) for Lebanon welcome today's agreement of a new electoral framework. The ISG sees this as a further step towards the reactivation of Lebanon's institutions of state and the…