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NEW YORK - The latest quarterly report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the situation in Afghanistan and the activities of the United Nations in the country is now available. The UN Security...

Madam President, Thank you, Madam President, for this opportunity. We believe this is a very appropriate timing for doing it, particularly because the focus is on Idlib. We have been hearing it during these last few days, we…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau, José Viegas Filho, today presented the UN SG’s report on the situation in the country, where he said that despite the...

Amman, 30 August 2018 - The Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, conducted a consultative meeting with the President of the Southern Transitional Council,...

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council welcomed the announcement by the Government of Afghanistan on 19 August of a second conditional ceasefire with the Taliban from the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday. ...

Mme. President, Members of the Security Council, We meet today in the wake of yet another series of violent escalations that threatened to plunge Gaza into war. Over the past several weeks, Special Coordinator Mladenov has…

Monsieur le Président, Je voudrais, pour commencer, vous adresser mes vives félicitations pour votre accession à la présidence du conseil, pour ce mois d’août. Je vous remercie pour l’opportunité que vous me donnez de vous…

Brussels – Speaking at the first day of the Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels today, two senior United Nations officials commended the country’s government for its efforts in various areas –...

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Nearly three years ago, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2231 (2015) to endorse the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear issue…

On 27 June 2018, the 57th meeting of the Gali joint Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place under the chairmanship of the United Nations. The meeting was attended by Georgian, Russian, Abkhaz and EUMM…

Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil, Depuis la publication du rapport soumis à votre examen, la situation en Afrique centrale est restée difficile avec un certain nombre de menaces sérieuses qui pèsent sur la…

Thank you, Mr. President, Your excellencies Minister Czaputowicz, Minister Blok and Minister Klimkin, Members of the Council, The conflict in eastern Ukraine is now in its fifth year. It may no longer make major international…