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United Nations Support Mission Statement on Airstrikes and Communal Violence in Murzuq
Tripoli, 05 August 2019 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is extremely concerned by reports on the continuation of acts of violence in Murzuq, including of a number of airstrikes last night which resulted in many deaths and injuries amongst civilians. UNSMIL also expresses grave…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 244
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 244
Statement of Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya on repeated attacks on Mitiga airport
Tripoli, 4 August 2019 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salame condemns the repeated indiscriminate shelling targeting Mitiga airport, the only indispensable functioning airport available for use by millions of civilians and…
Security Council press statement on attacks in Afghanistan
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack on a bus full of civilians traveling along the Kandahar-Herat Highway in Western Afghanistan on 31 July 2019, which resulted in at least 34 people killed and more than a dozen…
- Political and Institutional Stability
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis Statement on Lebanon’s Army Day
On the occasion of Lebanon’s 74 th Army Day, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis today praised the committed professional efforts of the Lebanese Armed Forces in safeguarding the security of Lebanon, its borders and its population, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and in extending…
- Secretary-General
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
New York, 30 July 2019 Human trafficking is a heinous crime that affects every region of the world. Some 72 per cent of detected victims are women and girls, and the percentage of child victims has more than doubled from 2004 to 2016, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Most…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 243 - 29 July 2019
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 243 - 29 July 2019
Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Libya strongly condemns the Attack of Az-Zawyia Field Hospital and Al-Alamain School
Tripoli, 29 July 2019 - The Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Libya Mrs. Bérangère Böell-Yousfi expresses her strong condemnation of the disgraceful shelling on Al-Alamain school and Az Zawiyah Field Hospital in Airport road area, south of Tripoli, depriving thousands of people from accessing basic…
Statement on commencement of presidential election campaign period
KABUL - As the presidential election campaign period started on 28 July and runs to 25 September, all candidates and supporters are expected to engage in a fair campaign as outlined in the Election Law, the Independent Election Commission’s Code of Conduct for the candidates and regulations enacted…
- Press Releases
Briefing of Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas to the Security Council on recent developments in West Africa and the Sahel
Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), presented on 24 July 2019 to the Security Council latest report of the Secretary-General on the activities of UNOWAS. During the first semester of…