Tripoli, 25 February 2014 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses its deep concern about the continued violence, including assassinations, bombings, kidnappings and attacks in the East and other…
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again taken to the airwaves to deliver a personal appeal to the people of strife-riven Central African Republic (CAR) to lay down their weapons, come together, and end the…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, met with the Chadian Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Integration on 25…
KABUL - By Afghan tradition, on the 40th day after the death of four United Nations staff in a terrorist attack on a restaurant in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the UN staff remembered their colleagues in a brief memorial…
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – On 25 February, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia, during his visit to Tashkent, held a…
Mogadishu - Mr. President, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Salaam Alaikum and Subax Wanaagsan. Welcome to Mogadishu, to all our new visitors. It’s good to see so many here, as the President says, on this historic occasion…
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) has been intensifying efforts to ensure security for the maximum number of the polling stations on election day, slated for 5 April. According to the Ministry’s spokesperson…
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, strongly condemned today's suicide car bombing at an army checkpoint at the entrance of Hermel in north-eastern Lebanon that led to the death of two members…
Tripoli, 21 February 2014 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya (SRSG), Tarek Mitri, met on Thursday 20 February with the Chairman of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC), Mr. Nouri Al-Abar…
Time is of the essence if the international community does not want to fail the people of the Central African Republic (CAR), top United Nations officials warned today, as they urged collective action to stop the killing and…
KABUL - Afghanistan is slated to hold Presidential elections on 5 April 2014. In line with its mandate from the United Nations Security Council and at the request of the Afghan authorities, the UN Assistance Mission in…
KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan described the upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council elections, slated for 5 April 2014, as “a new chapter in the life of the country,” involving not only a…