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NEW YORK - The Secretary-General has been following closely the talks between the United States and the Taliban about a significant reduction of violence in Afghanistan aimed at opening the way for intra-Afghan peace negotiations. During his visit to Islamabad, he expressed his sincere wishes that…

Earlier today, the UN Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus (OSASG), together with the World Bank, launched a Gender sensitive Socio-economic Impact Assessment of a settlement to the Cyprus issue. The assessment was carried-out following the call by the UN Security Council…

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UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 265 - 07Feb to 13 Feb 2020

The United Nations-African Union Joint Task Force on Peace and Security held its 18th consultative meeting at the African Union Headquarters in Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia on 11 February 2020. During the meeting the Joint Task Force (JTF) reviewed the status of the partnership between the United Nations…

TRIPOLI - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the adoption by the Security Council of Resolution 2510 (2020), which: endorses the Conclusions of the International Conference on Libya held in Berlin; affirms the need for a lasting ceasefire; demands full compliance by all…

TRIPOLI - The United Nations in Libya regrets that its regular flights, which transport its staff to and from Libya, are not granted permission by the LNA to land in Libya. This practice has been repeated on several occasions in the past weeks. The U nited Nations is very concerned that preventing…

Joint Statement of the International Support Group for Lebanon Beirut, 1 2 February 2020   Following the vote of confidence by the Parliament yesterday evening , the ISG calls on the newly confirmed Government of Lebanon led by H.E. Hassan Diab to swiftly and resolutely undertake timely, tangible…

TRIPOLI, 11 February - On 9 and 10 February, 28 Libyan economic experts gathered in Cairo for the second round of talks of the Libyan Economic and Financial Track, one of the three intra-Libyan tracks UNSMIL is organizing - along with the military and political tracks - and endorsed by the…

Interview of UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis with Sky News 'Europe faces new wave of migrants unless Lebanon acts,' U.N. official warns Jan Kubis, a former Slovakian foreign minister, has told Sky News that Lebanon faces a new level of social unrest and chaos without the implementation…