UNHQ, NY Wednesday, 21 May 2008 The Secretary-General welcomes the important agreement reached in Doha today among Lebanon's political leaders. He hopes this agreement will be the prelude to a lasting period of national…

UNHQ, NY Sunday, 25 May 2008 The Secretary-General congratulates the Lebanese people on the election of Michel Suleimane as President of the Republic. This election brings an end to the constitutional void that has endured in…

UNHQ, NY Thursday, 14 February 2008 On the third anniversary of the terrorist attack that took the lives of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and twenty-two others, the Secretary-General stands in solidarity with the…

UNHQ, NY Friday, 11 January 2008 The Secretary-General strongly condemns the firing of rockets against Israel on 8 January. UNIFIL is continuing its investigation to determine the launch site. The Secretary-General would like…

UNHQ, NY Tuesday, 15 January 2008 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack today in Beirut, which reportedly killed…

UNHQ, NY Friday, 25 January 2008 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the terrorist attack today in Lebanon that reportedly…

Mr. Geir O. Pedersen of Norway served as Special Coordinator for Lebanon at the level of Under-Secretary-General from February 2007 to February 2008. He previously served as the Secretary-General's Personal Representative for…

KABUL - Press conference by Adrian Edwards, UNAMA Director of Communications and Dr. Nilab Mobarez, Public Information Officer. Dari - Pashto ATTACK ON UN CONVOY / ASSASSINATION OF LOGAR GOVERNOR Yesterday’s attack on a…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - On 1-4 September, the UNRCCA in co-operation with the UN System Staff College organised a workshop “Conflict Prevention: Analysis for Action” in Ashgabat. The main goal was to identify major areas of…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Jeremy Gilley, Founder, Peace One Day and Jude Law, Ambassador, Peace One Day. JEREMY GILLEY: My name is Jeremy Gilley. I am the producer, director, writer of the film The Day After…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Kai Eide, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Susana Rico, Country Representative, World Food Programme. Dari - Pashto SRSG: I am here…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Dr. Hamish Nixon, Sub-national Governance and Service Delivery Specialist, World Bank and Dr. Nazifullah Salarzai, UNAMA Spokesperson’s Office. Dari - Pashto UNAMA: Good morning…