Press Releases and Statements

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack on Saturday, 18 April 2026, in which one French peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was killed and another three were injured, two seriously. According to a UNIFIL inirial assessment, the peacekeepers came…

The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, and commends the role of the United States in facilitating the ceasefire. He reaffirms the support of the United Nations to all efforts to end hostilities and alleviate the suffering of communities on…

Ladies and gentlemen of the media, Thank you very much for your presence. Justice is meant to be blind. But today, too many are choosing to turn a blind eye to justice itself. Around the world – and starkly in the Middle East – respect for international law is being trampled. Rules governing the use…

The Secretary-General unequivocally condemns the massive strikes by Israel across Lebanon on 8 April that resulted in hundreds of civilians being killed and injured, including children, as well as damage to civilian infrastructure. The Secretary-General strongly condemns the loss of civilian lives…

The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of a two-week ceasefire by the United States and Iran. He calls on all the parties to the current conflict in the Middle East to comply with their obligations under international law and to abide by the terms of the ceasefire in order to pave the way…

The Middle East crisis has lurched into its second month. Every day this war continues, human suffering grows. The scale of devastation grows. Indiscriminate attacks grow. The targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure grows. And the perils to our world grow. We are on the edge of a wider…

The members of the Security Council expressed their condemnation over the incidents that led to the deaths of three Indonesian peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), following an explosion inside a UNIFIL position on 29 March, and another explosion that struck a…

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the incident that led to the killing of two Indonesian peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on 30 March, when an explosion of unknown origin destroyed their vehicle near Bani Hayyan, south Lebanon. A third peacekeeper was…

Three United Nations peacekeepers lost their lives while serving in southern Lebanon in the past 24 hours. Nine Lebanese paramedics were killed in just one day this weekend. The death toll from the escalation in hostilities between Hizbullah and Israel since 2 March now stands at 1,247. It includes…

Ladies and Gentlemen of the media, Just hours into the outbreak of the war in the Middle East, I warned that the fighting risked triggering a chain reaction that no one could control. More than three weeks on, the war is out of control. The conflict has broken past the limits even leaders thought…