It’s not a secret that we need to expedite these talks. You can imagine that the international community and the United Nations are really very concerned about these attacks and this military escalation. The United Nations is…

Dakar, 22 March 2015- On 21 March SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas undertook a visit to Freetown. The visit took place against a backdrop of the decision by Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma to discharge Vice President Alhadji…

KANDAHAR - To promote peace and reconciliation at the community level, the United Nations has backed a series of theatre events in various districts of the southern province of Kandahar. In front of an audience of 150 school…

GARDEZ - A polio immunization campaign, supported by the United Nations, is now underway to immunize nearly one million children against the crippling disease in the southeastern region of Afghanistan. Launched last week by…

WASHINGTON - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, stressed the world body’s commitment to support Afghanistan, both in the country and across the region, during a panel discussion held at the…

Dakar, 22 March 2015- On 21 March SRSG Mohamed Ibn Chambas undertook a visit to Freetown. The visit took place against a backdrop of the decision by Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma to discharge Vice President Alhadji…

Watch: Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Bernardino Leon, addresses the media before talks resume on Saturday 21 March 2015 in the city of Skhirat, Morocco, regarding the effect that military…

The annual observance of Nowruz is a wonderful opportunity for people to join together to celebrate cultural diversity, dialogue and mutual respect. It is a moment of unity and solidarity, within and among societies, that is…

I have called you because in the last few hours we have seen a number of statements coming from personalities in Libya, together with some military movements on the ground, which represent a serious threat which will…

KABUL - The United Nations condemns, in the strongest terms, the brutal killing and burning of a 27 year old mentally ill woman. On 19 March, an angry crowd beat a 27 year old woman to death and then burned her body. The…

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag joined today a celebration for Mother’s Day at the Saint Elias High School in Darb Es Sim near Saida. In her statement, she stressed the universal values of the…

20 March 2015 - All delegations are here. All delegations were given as you remember a few days to prepare this round, which we have told them we expect it be the decisive round. In the last days we have seen more fighting…