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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S NEW YEAR’S VIDEO MESSAGE 2021
Dear Friends, 2020 has been a year of trials, tragedies and tears. COVID-19 upended our lives and plunged the world into suffering and grief. So many loved ones have been lost — and the pandemic rages on, creating new waves of sickness and death. Poverty, inequality and hunger are rising. Jobs are…
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Security Council Press Statement on attacks against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic (MINUSCA)
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attacks on 25 December 2020 against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Dékoa and near Sibut, both in Kémo Prefecture, which resulted in three peacekeepers from…
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Notes Lebanon Verdict in Case of 1980 Killing of Two Peacekeepers
The Secretary-General takes note of the verdict of 22 December by Lebanon’s Permanent Military Court convicting Mr. Mahmoud Bazzi and sentencing him to 15 years for the kidnapping and killing of two United Nations peacekeepers and causing serious injury to a third peacekeeper in April 1980. The…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
New York, 27 December 2020 This first observance of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness falls at the end of a year in which a scenario many had feared came tragically true. With COVID-19 having now killed more than 1.7 million people, devastated economies, upended societies and exposed…
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On Eve of General Elections in Central African Republic, Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Violence, Calling for Peaceful, Credible Electoral Process
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres: As Central Africans prepare to take part in the general elections on 27 December, the Secretary-General calls on all stakeholders to ensure that the polls are conducted in a peaceful, inclusive and…
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Strongly Condemning Killing of Three Peacekeepers in Central African Republic, Secretary-General Calls on Authorities to Investigate These Heinous Attacks
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres: The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attacks by unidentified armed combatants on Central African national defence and security forces, and the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated…
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The armed clashes and tensions observed over the past week have a serious impact on the protection of the Central African population
The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic, Ms. Denise Brown, expresses her serious concern for the escalation of tensions and the upsurge of violence that has been observed in several parts of the country ahead of upcoming general elections on the 27th of December. Insecurity and…
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UNSMIL congratulates the Libyan people on Independence Day, and urges them to consolidate efforts towards National Elections
24 December 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulates all Libyans inside the country and in the diaspora on the 69th anniversary of Libya's Independence Day. Libyans celebrate this national occasion today with one year to go before national elections planned on 24…
Holiday Message by UN Special Representative David Shearer
JUBA, 23 December 2020 This year has been one of the most challenging we may face in our lifetime given the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all our lives, right across the world. Whether we are UNMISS peacekeepers or citizens of South Sudan, we have all suffered. Some of us have lost…
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UNSMIL commends municipal elections in Al-Zawiya Al-Gharbia and Ar-Rajban
22 December 2020 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulates the citizens of Ar-Rajban and Al-Zawiya Al-Gharbia on the conduct of peaceful and democratic municipal council elections on 21 December 2020. “I commend the civic responsibility of the citizens who exercised their…