Press Releases

TRIPOLI – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses grave concern that more than 30 individuals have been executed in eastern Libya in recent weeks, and calls on the authorities to immediately suspend further executions. Since reports of the executions first emerged, UNSMIL has…

JUBA - The Judiciary of South Sudan (JoSS), with support from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and funding from the Royal Norwegian Embassy, today commenced expedited trials at the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Court in Juba. The two-week initiative, which will conclude…

TRIPOLI — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the endorsement by the House of Representatives (HoR) of the Smaller Convening Agreement signed on 30 August 2026. This support—reflected in yesterday's session in Benghazi chaired by Speaker Agila Saleh and an earlier joint…

The Quintet (African Union, IGAD, League of Arab States, European Union and United Nations) has concluded a Good Offices mission to Khartoum, where it held constructive discussions with the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, the Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council…

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the escalation of Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, particularly in and around Nabatieh. He condemns the mounting civilian casualties, including women and children killed and injured in the intensifying attacks, the distress and…

The members of the Security Council welcomed the signing on 30 August 2026 of the agreement of the Libyan parties within the ‘Smaller Convening’, facilitated by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), on the reconstitution of the Board of the High National Elections Commission and…

JUBA / BENTIU - In collaboration with the Unity State Government, the Judiciary of South Sudan (JOSS) and the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs (MoJCA), the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is supporting the deployment of the Bentiu Internally Displaced Persons Camp Court…

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is deeply concerned about recent heightened tensions between the Ngok Dinka and Twic Dinka communities in the southern part of Abyei. UNISFA calls for calm and urges all parties to immediately exercise restraint and refrain from actions…

Victims of Afghanistan’s decades-long armed conflict continue to suffer profound physical, psychological, social and economic consequences,

Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNFICYP on the boat accident off the coast of Kyrenia/Girne.