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SdeM: Good afternoon everyone. Let me give you some few general comments. I will also take three questions, not more, because I am going to the airport straight from here, but Jan Egeland will be at your disposal to go much…
- Security Council
Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I would like to begin today by thanking the Council for your support, expressed during the previous briefing for the work of UNSCO on the ground under challenging circumstances…
- Feature Stories
Asha Abdulle Siyad could have chosen to remain in relative comfort in Canada where she lived and worked as a certified family educator. However, it is not what she longed for. Her heart yearned for a reunion with her family…
KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) renews its call for all parties to refocus their efforts on preventing harm to civilians, as latest figures released today by UNAMA for the first three quarters of 2016…
The Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the United Nations Mission in Colombia, Jean Arnault, informed the UN Security Council about the recent events in Colombia and implications for the work of the…
- News stories
HERAT - More than 20,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the Maslakh settlement of Herat province will benefit from five UN-supported potable drinking water projects formally inaugurated in a ceremony this week…
UNMISS reminds all parties to respect the civilian nature of the PoC sites UNMISS is concerned about recent claims that it is harbouring criminals in its Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites. Such statements only serve to…
On 13 October 2016, UNAMID Police Women Network (UPWN) Sector East Chapter, handed over an assortment of toiletries and household items to women prisoners and their children at El Daein Prison, East Darfur. The consignment…
KABUL – The fundamental human rights of all Afghans must be respected, including the rights of religious and ethnic communities, said UNAMA in a Human Rights special report released today on the 23 July 2016 attack in Kabul…
- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV)
Goma, North Kivu: The Special Representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflic Ms Zainab Hawa Bangura has been to Heal Africa Hospital to visit cases of women of sexual violence in Goma on the 14th of…
New York - The United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, announced a plan for the resumption of a comprehensive Cessation of Hostilities in Yemen. The Special Envoy has…
Following his official welcome to Cyprus on 10 October 2016, UNFICYP’s new Force Commander, Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir, was quick to get his feet wet, spending the week familiarising himself with the mission and its…