Jan Egeland: We just finished the fifth of the taskforce meeting on humanitarian matters of the ISSG, International Support Group for Syria. We could report that today the third convoy to the four towns has been able to go on…
Staffan de Mistura (SdeM): Good evening. Well, it is a good thing to recap. We had today three events, and you must have had already one debriefing on that. We had the Humanitarian Task Force. Jan Egeland debriefed you on…
KABUL - Journalist security and freedom of expression were the focus of a conference in Kabul yesterday, attended by media professionals from across Afghanistan. More than 50 people -- representing journalist organizations…
Op-ed by Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. KABUL - A few days before I was scheduled to travel to Afghanistan, I read about the death of Wasil Ahmad. You may…
16 March 2016 - The Sultanate of Oman and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya extended an invitation to all members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) to attend a consultative meeting, commencing on the 17…
UN Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag briefed the Security Council in a closed session yesterday on the situation in Lebanon and the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701. The briefing follows the release of the…
RER: Good afternoon. We had a useful meeting today. We discussed issues of substance as you will recall on Monday. The government of Syria delegation provided us with some ideas on the political process. We reacted to them…
NEW YORK - The near verbatum transcript of remarks by Nicholas Haysom at a media stakeout at the United Nations following his briefing to the Security Council. TRANSCRIPT MEDIA STAKEOUT FOLLOWING SRSG NICHOLAS HAYSOM’S…
Are you eager to return home safely in Benghazi? And your home is located in areas that are now free of fighting? Beware! These areas remain a dangerous place due to landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) What to do when…
NEW YORK - Without a peace process, the sustainability and viability of all efforts to bring stability and prosperity to Afghanistan will be called into question, said Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special…
The members of the Security Council welcomed the meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue on 10 March 2016, which reaffirmed its commitment to uphold the Libyan Political Agreement The members of the Security Council noted…