Press Releases

Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya, Ian Martin, speech at Human Rights Workshop for Civil Society: Friends, Libya's Revolution has been a revolution in the name of human rights. It began…

New York, 20 April 2012 - The Secretary-General takes note of the announcement by the Government of South Sudan that it is withdrawing from Heglig and urges the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan to resume negotiations…

New York, 18 April 2012 - The Secretary-General expresses his concern over the renewed wave of arrests of high ranking public officials in Mali at a time when numerous efforts are being undertaken to assist the country in…

Juba, 23 April 2012 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) deplores the continued aerial bombardments in Bentiu town, which is heavily populated by civilians.

One of the four formed police unit (FPU) from Togo, who sustained injures following an attack by unidentified gunmen on 20 April, was announced dead yesterday in UNAMID hospital. FPU were on a routine patrol about 70…

Dakar, 21 april 2012 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit, paid a visit to Bamako, on 20-21 April to support ongoing efforts to address the crisis in Mali.

Dakar, 21 april 2012 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for West Africa, Said Djinnit, paid a visit to Bamako, on 20-21 April to support ongoing efforts to address the crisis in Mali.

Mogadishu, 18 April 2012 – Today SRSG Augustine Mahiga went to Villa Somalia, the seat of the Somali Transitional Federal Government, and met with both President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed…