Press Releases

Tunis, February 26, 2016 - UNICEF’s Special Representative in Libya, Dr. Ghassan Khalil, has commended the decision of Al Zintan’s Municipal Council for the release, rehabilitaton and reintegration of any child under 18…

The Secretary-General met Foreign Minister Lavrov today, and thanked him for his significant role in achieving recent progress on Syria.

Geneva (01 March 2016)- The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, today announced that intra-Syrian peace talks will resume in the afternoon of 9 March 2016. The 7 th of March 2016 was initially set…

UNMISS Update No. 115

Mr. President, Excellencies, Today is the Council’s first meeting on Kosovo of 2016, and it takes place at a moment of significant developments, not least of which was the factious but successful election of a new President…

Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Zahir Tanin, welcomed the women attending the 2016 Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security in Kosovo by urging them to speak up about the challenges that…

The Secretary-General welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2268 by the Security Council, which endorsed the Joint Statement of the United States and the Russian Federation, as Co-Chairs of the ISSG, on the Cessation…

Kinshasa, 25 February 2016 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo hosted a two day inaugural Great Lakes Private Sector Investment Conference. The Conference was co-organized by the Office of the Special Envoy of the…

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT SOUTH SUDAN

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Juba, South Sudan tomorrow, Thursday 25 February 2016. The Head of the UN will meet with the President of the Republic of South Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit. He…