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UNMISS and humanitarian partners battling floods in Bentiu, South Sudan, to protect IDPs
Juba, 12 October 2022 – Engineers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and humanitarian partners have managed to repair flooding-induced breaches of dykes that protect an internally displaced persons camp, housing over 100,000 persons in Bentiu, the capital of Unity State. Intense…
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The Secretary-General message on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
New York, 13 October 2022 Climate disasters are hurting countries and economies like never before. Ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions are supercharging extreme weather events across the planet. I saw first-hand the devastation unleashed by the recent floods in Pakistan. These increasing calamities…
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Pakistani Women Peacekeepers at the Forefront of a Military Hospital in Mali
Amidst ongoing troop rotations in Mopti, women peacekeepers serving with the Pakistani contingent reflect back on their multiple achievements with pride. Pakistan is one of the longest-serving and largest troops and police contributing country of UN peacekeeping operations. Yet in Mopti, Central…
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Secretary-General’s message to the Tenth Annual International Day of the Girl Child
New York, 11 October 2022 On the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child, we celebrate the lives and achievements of girls across the world. When girls are supported to realize their human rights, they can reach their potential and create a better world for themselves, their…
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The Secretary-General’s message for the World Mental Health Day “Make Mental Health for all a Global Priority”
New York, 10 October 2022
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Secretary-General’s message for World Post Day
New York, 9 October 2022 On World Post Day, we celebrate the critical contributions of postal workers in connecting people around the world with essential services that improve their daily lives and boost the development of their communities. With a global network and universal service mandate to…
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SRSG ANNADIF concludes his visit to Nigeria
Dakar, 6 October 2022 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, today concluded a two-day working visit to the Nigerian capital, Abuja. The visit was part of the UN's support for the…
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PRESS RELEASE / The UN and its partners in Haiti call for the creation of a humanitarian corridor
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 5, 2022: The United Nations and the humanitarian community in Haiti are deeply concerned about the serious consequences of the blocking of the Varreux Terminal on the humanitarian situation, in particular the resurgence of cholera, and call for the immediate opening of…
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Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussion, 5 October 2022
The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) welcome the holding of the 56th round of the GID in Geneva on 5 October 2022. As mandated by the Six-point Agreement of 12 August 2008 and the implementing measures of 8 September 2008, the GID process continues to serve as the only…
Press release on the quarterly Report of the UN Secretary-General on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia S/2022/715
Bogota, 03 October 2022. In his latest report on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, covering the period from 28 June to 26 September 2022, United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, acknowledges that recent developments reflect a renewed momentum for peace consolidation. The Secretary…