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- Press Releases
UNMIL/PR/1702-17 Friday, 17 February 2017 MONROVIA – Today, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) handed over the partial skeletal remains of 27 individuals to the Government of Liberia. The remains had been kept by…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) yesterday carried out an integrated outreach event with the community in Abinajok payam (district) to discuss the UNMISS mandate, conflict management and human various rights…
16 February 2017 – During an official visit to Paris, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Zahir Tanin met with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jean-Marc Ayrault, as well as other…
A Lebanese Civil Defense (LCD) delegation led by its General Director, Brigadier General Raymond Khattar, visited UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura on 13 February to discuss areas of further cooperation between LCD and UNIFIL on…
The Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum at the Social Science…
“An independent mechanism is needed to immediately assist in investigating violations in South Sudan, in advance of the establishment of the hybrid court,” a United Nations-mandated Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan…
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict is ‘saddened’ and ‘disappointed’ by the continued recruitment of children into armed ranks in South Sudan. In an exclusive interview with…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has this week experimented with better explaining and raising awareness about the role of the Mission in the country by using local comedians. The first attempt saw an…
On 14 and 16 February, IOM organized two charter flights to help two groups totalling 334 migrants to return home to Nigeria and Senegal from Libya. On 14 February, 162 migrants, including 101 women, 43 men and 18 children…
- Security Council
Mr. President, members of the Security Council, On the night of 8 February, ISIS and its affiliates in the Sinai launched a series of rockets towards the Israeli coastal resort of Eilat. Thankfully, no one was killed or…
“I sent my sons away, because it is too dangerous for them here in Malakal.” Those are the words of mother of six, Salua Dohka. She is one of tens of thousands of people who fled their homes in the Upper Nile town of Malakal…
Goma – 14 February, 2017 – These activities were taking place at the heart of the 2017 edition of the Amani Peace Festival that ended recently in the North Kivu Provincial capital of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the…