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UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 259 - 02 Dec to 05 Dec 2019
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 259 - 02 Dec to 05 Dec 2019
UN launches plan to address humanitarian needs in Libya in 2019
Tripoli, 5 February 2019 – Seven years after the revolution, hundreds of thousands of people across Libya, live in dire conditions. In a bid to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs for 552,000 most vulnerable people living in Libya, the United Nations together with the Government of National…
- Secretary-General
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
6 February 2019 Female genital mutilation is an abhorrent human rights violation affecting women and girls around the world. It denies them their dignity, endangers their health and causes needless pain and suffering, even death. Female genital mutilation is rooted in gender inequalities and power…
- Press Releases
Presidency Council’s Women Support and Empowerment Unit holds its first coordination meeting with international community
The Women's Support and Empowerment Unit for the Presidency Council held its first coordination meeting today, in the Prime Minister's Office in the Libyan capital Tripoli, with a number of representatives of embassies in in Libya, United Nations agencies, the European Union, the European Union…
Ghassan Salame and Ahmed Aboul Gheit stress the need for regional cooperation in support of Libya political process
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Libya, Ghassan Salame, met with Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States(LAS), today in Cairo to discuss the latest developments in Libya. Both, SRSG and LAS Secretary-General, stressed the need for regional…
- Press Releases
Mohammed Ibn Chambas concludes a two-week pre-electoral mission to Nigeria, calls on all actors to uphold their commitments for peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in February and March 2019
The Special Representative of the Secretary – General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded on Thursday 31 January a two-week pre-electoral mission to Nigeria. The mission, which took place from 21 to 31 January, included…
Remarks of Acting UN Special Coordinator Pernille Dahler Kardel after Meeting Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri
Good afternoon everybody, I just had a meeting with His Excellency Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and as always it is a great honor to meet him. Today was my last meeting with him where I bid him farewell before I finish my tour in Lebanon very soon. I expressed my deepest appreciation for the…
- Press Releases
First evacuation from Libya of 2019 brings 130 refugees to safety
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, evacuated yesterday (28 January) 130 people out of Libya, marking the first evacuations to Niger in 2019. The individuals evacuated had been detained in very dire conditions, and for months on end. UNHCR advocated for them to be released, and transferred them to the…
Remarks of Acting UN Special Coordinator Pernille Kardel after Meeting President Michel Aoun
I just finished my last meeting with His Excellency President Michel Aoun. It was, as always, an honour to meet him and to thank him for Lebanon having hosted me for the last 14 months before I end my mission as the Acting Special Coordinator for the United Nations in Lebanon First and foremost, I…