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New York, 6 October 2015 - The Secretary-General reiterates the call of Member States and regional organizations who, during a high-level meeting he convened on 2 October, urged participants in the Libyan political dialogue…

Excerpts from SRSG for Libya Bernradino Leon Press Conference in Skhirat, Morocco, Tuesday 06 October 2015 Bernardino Leon: I think what I can tell you today is that this last Friday we had a very special moment in the Libyan…

The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister discussed the latest developments in Syria, including the…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, condemns the arrest of two television journalists and the forced closure of Universal TV offices on 2 October 2015 in Mogadishu.…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General strongly condemned the air strikes in Kunduz that resulted in the death and injury of medical workers and patients at a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital on 3 October. In a statement, the…

KABUL - The young people of Afghanistan can be a powerful force for peace and stability in the country, said panellists during two UNAMA-backed radio programmes broadcast to an audience estimated at 500,000 in the country’s…

KABUL - The top UN envoy in Afghanistan condemned today what he called a “tragic and devastating” air strike on the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz early this morning, which resulted in the deaths and…

1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, convened a high-level meeting on Libya in New York on 2 October 2015. The meeting was held in the presence of a delegation of members of the United Nations…

New York, 2 October 2015 I'm very much grateful to many ministers who are taking part in this meeting. Let me begin by welcoming our friends from Libya and the dialogue participants. The violence of the past year and a half…

Libya Humanitarian Needs Overview 2015: Over 2.44 Million People Affected by Conflict and Political Instability in Need of Assistance. (September 2015) Armed Conflict and political instability have impacted over 3 million…

The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its eleventh consultative meeting in New York, on 2 October 2015

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to discuss the work undertaken in the first year of the National Unity Government and the current situation…