MICHAEL KEATING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR SOMALIA BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON SOMALIA AS DELIVERED 23 MARCH 2017 Mr. President, As the Secretary-General said on his first field visit since…

Libreville (Gabon), 23 March 2017 - The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region is participating in the meeting of the Heads of United Nations Presences in Central Africa taking place in…

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is pleased to note that all invitees to the fifth round of intra-Syrian talks have arrived in Geneva. Deputy Special Envoy, Ramzy E. Ramzy, has begun preliminary…

HERAT – As part of a series of events broadcast on local radio, UNAMA in Herat organized a panel of human rights experts recently to discuss the protection of civilians in conflict. The discussion was broadcast on Ariana…

UNSOM Police Commissioner Christoph Buik and the German Deputy Ambassador to Somalia Markus Bollmohr visited the disputed city of Gaalkacyo on 21 March to assess the implementation of a ceasefire agreement concluded by the…

Truckloads of medical supplies are being sent to villages hard hit by drought in Somalia’s South West after a UN airlift of emergency supplies arrived in Baidoa today. The supplies were donated by the Federal Government of…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler is gravely concerned at continued and persistent reports of serious violations of…

Speaking after the meeting, at the Presidency, Ovídeo Pequeno, AU representative, said that the partners are concerned about the verbal escalation on both sides, which warns "the international community will not tolerate."…

NEW YORK President of the General Assembly, Ambassadors, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Happy Nowruz to everyone! I am grateful to the Ambassadors from a dozen countries celebrating Nowruz for bringing us together today…

Libya - IOM Libya last week (17/03) published DTM Libya’s Internal Displacement in Libya – 2016 in Review which presents a comprehensive overview of Libya’s human mobility patterns, trends and dynamics for 2016. The report…

20 March 2017 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, warns of dangerous escalation across Libya emanating from the…

KUNAR - A UN-backed roundtable discussion in Asadabad, Kunar Province was recently held, where the importance of good governance and public involvement in provincial council activities was discussed. The speakers focused on…