Press Releases

The Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major-General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, today chaired a regular tripartite meeting with senior officials from the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the…

NEW YORK - I condemn in the strongest terms the outrageous and cowardly attack against the United Nations office in Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan. Our reports are still preliminary, but it appears that three United Nations…

KABUL - "We can confirm that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) operations centre in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan has been attacked today following a demonstration. We can also confirm…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the violent attack against the United Nations operations centre in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, on 1 April 2011, which…

Nairobi, 13 April 2011 - High Level Consultative meeting on Somalia opens in a spirit of warm co-operation. [English]

Nairobi, 12 April 2011 - Opening Statement by SRSG Augustine P. Mahiga at the High Level Consultative Meeting [Statement]

Nairobi, 11 April 2011 – Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General Augustine P. Mahiga today said that he is confident that the High Level Consultative meeting scheduled to take place 12 and 13 April in…

Nairobi, 11 April 2011 - High Level Consultative Meeting which aims to revive dialogue forges ahead. [English] [Somali]

10 April 2011 - I am deeply concerned about recent developments in Côte d'Ivoire. On 5 April, while Mr. Gbagbo's camp claimed that they had initiated negotiations to end the crisis peacefully and ordered their forces to lay…

Nairobi, 7 April 2011 - Somalis should be primary beneficiaries of High Level Consultative Meeting. [English] [Somali]