Special Advisor of the Secretary-General (SASG) Mr. Espen Barth Eide and Head of UNFICYP Mission, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ms. Lisa Buttenheim joined Cypriot leaders for a bi-communal musical…

This year’s International Day of Peace comes at a time of deadly violence and destabilizing conflicts around the world. Rather than succumbing to despair, we have a collective responsibility to demand an end to the brutality…

UNOAU Statement at a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council on the report of the AU Chairperson on Madagascar and Comoros

KABUL - Afghan women are critical for peacebuilding and sustainable development, said community leaders during events held in Bamyan and Nangarhar as part of a series of nationwide gatherings for the UN’s Global Open Days…

KABUL - In United Nations-backed radio and television broadcasts and community events to mark this year’s International Day of Peace, Afghan women, men and children came together in a spirit of solidarity to make their voices…

NEW YORK - The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, spoke to the media following his briefing to the Security Council. The transcript of the press encounter is available Here

KANDAHAR - Afghan youth, making up more than 60 per cent of the population in the country, are crucial for stability and peace in Afghanistan, said community leaders to an audience of more than 700 gathered in the southern…

Skhirat, Morocco, 20 September 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the military escalation in Benghazi on Saturday 19 September 2015. The timing of airstrikes clearly aims at…

Skhirat, Morocco – 18 September 2015 - SRSG Bernardino Leon’s remarks at press conference announcing agreement between House of Representatives delegation and House of Representatives Boycotters on addressing Libya’s new…

NEW YORK - Afghanistan continues to need the sustained support of the international community as its stability cannot be taken for granted, said Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for…

NEW YORK - Below is the near-verbatim transcript of the media stakeout following a briefing of the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan to the Security Council. 17_september_2015_srsg…

Press conference of Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon on Wednesday evening, 16 September 2015, in Skhirat, Morocco Good evening. We have spent another day of consultations with the…