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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). He will succeed David Shearer of New Zealand to whom the Secretary…

Bamako, 13 January 2021 - A MINUSMA company hit improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during a security operation today, 13 January, before coming under fire from unidentified armed men. The incident occurred about 20 km north of Bambara-Maoudé locality, on the Douentza-Timbuktu axis, Timbuktu region…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the meeting today between Minister of Finance Faraj Bumatari with his counterpart Muraja Ghaith in Brega to consolidate the 2021 national budget. This intra-Libyan cooperation is encouraging and a much-needed step that should be matched…

The co-chairs of the Security Working Group (SWG) for Libya, represented by the African Union, France, Italy, Turkey, and the United Kingdom and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) held on Wednesday January 6th, a virtual meeting to discuss the security situation in Libya and ways…

6 January 2021 – On 5 January, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Stephanie Williams, together with the co-chairs of the Economic Working Group (EWG), including the Ambassadors of the Republic of Egypt, the European…

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) Stephanie Williams was pleased to convene today the first virtual meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s Advisory Committee (AC), composed of 18 LPDF members, to discuss the mandate of the committee, its tasks, expected…

Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Stephanie Williams is pleased to announce the establishment of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s Advisory Committee and is grateful to the LPDF members for their active and constructive participation. UNSMIL received a total of 28…

HUDAYDAH, 2 January 2021 — The Head of the United Nations Mission to support the Hudaydah Agreement (UNMHA) and Chair of the Redeployment Coordination Committee Abhijit Guha is deeply troubled by reports of multiple civilian deaths and injuries as a result of shelling in Hudaydah’s Al Hawk district…

Zalingei, 31 December 2020: On 31 st December, UNAMID’s Deputy Joint Special Representative (DJSR) Ms. Anita Kiki Gbeho met in her office in Zalingei with the Wali (Governor) of Central Darfur State, Mr. Adeeb Abdulrahman Yousif, to discuss issues pertaining to UNAMID’s drawdown and exit. During the…

Khartoum, 30 December 2020— On 22 December 2020, The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2559 which ends UNAMID’s mandate on 31 December 2020. This was the culmination of a sustained process of consideration of the situation in Sudan and Darfur, including developments related to the…