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International Envoys for the Great Lakes Region call for decisive actions against the FDLR
Nairobi, 02 January 2015 – Today, 2 January 2015, marks the expiration of the six month grace period granted by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) for the full and unconditional surrender and demobilization of the…
United Nations Electoral Mission in Burundi starts operations
The United Nations Electoral Observation Mission in Burundi (MENUB) today officially starts its operations in the country. The UN Security Council set the Mission’s creation in motion in February 2014, following the Government's request for a UN-backed electoral observer mission before, during and…
Statement of UN Special Coordinator Derek Plumbly after meeting Prime Minister Tamam Salam
Firstly, I would like to extend my best wishes to the Prime Minister and the Lebanese people for this holiday season and for the new year. We discussed today the security situation, including the implementation of resolution 1701 and the crucial role played by the army both in the south and…
UNSMIL Condemns Attacks on Oil Installations, Calls for End to Escalating Violence
27 December 2014 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the renewed attacks on Libya’s oil installations, which reportedly set ablaze storage tanks in the Sidra oil terminal, and calls for the immediate halt to these attacks. The Mission warns of the environmental…
UNSMIL Welcomes Public Circulation of CDA’s Preliminary Work
24 December 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes today’s announcement by the Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) to release its thematic committees’ preliminary work for public discussion and feedback. Working under difficult conditions, the CDA has demonstrated…
Libyan Women Organizations Present Demands to Constitution-Drafting Assembly
Representatives of Libyan women organizations and activists met on Thursday 18 December 2014 in the City of Al-Baida with the Chairman of the Constitution-Drafting Assembly (CDA), Dr. Ali Tarhouni, and members of the CDA committees to present the demands for women rights and more general…
Special Envoy Djinnit confers with President Kabila and encourages ongoing efforts by regional leade
20 December 2014 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region, Mr. Said Djinnit, visited Kinshasa from 19-20 December and met with the President of the Republic of the Democratic Republic of Congo, H.E Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange.
UNMISS condemns the continued targeting of civilians in Bentiu
Juba, 19 December 2014 - The Human Rights Division of the UN Mission in South Sudan has issued a report concerning allegations that opposition forces killed at least 11 civilians and committed other serious human rights abuses during an attack in the Unity State capital of Bentiu last October.
Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas strongly condemns the renewed waves of attacks in North Eastern Nigeria
Dakar, 18 December 2014- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa (UNOWA) and High-Level Representative of the Secretary-General to Nigeria, Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas strongly condemns the renewed waves of attacks in Borno State, North Eastern Nigeria and the…
Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas strongly condemns the renewed waves of attacks in North Eastern Nigeria
The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa (UNOWA) and High-Level Representative of the...