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UNFPA and UNHCR assist more than 8,500 displaced women across Libya
In order to respond to the growing needs of vulnerable displaced women across Libya, UNHCR and UNFPA, with the support of German funding, are currently distributing 8,517 dignity and hygiene kits in 16 different locations in the areas of Tripoli, Misrata, Sabha, Nafusa Mountains, Bani Walid…
- UNRGID
Press Communiqué of the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions, 28 March 2018
The 43rd round of the Geneva International Discussions has just concluded. In Working Group I, the participants reviewed the security situation on the ground. While the overall security situation was assessed as relatively calm and stable, the Co-Chairs reiterated their strong concern over the…
Personnel appointments: Ms. Rosemary A. DiCarlo of United States - Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Rosemary DiCarlo of the United States, President of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and Senior Fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs…
- Press Releases
High level regional colloquium on challenges and prospects of political reforms in West Africa (2015 – 2017)
As part of its mandate for preventing conflicts and sustaining peace, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), organized, in partnership with ECOWAS Commission, on 26 – 27 March 2018, in Abidjan, a high-level colloquium on « challenges and prospects of political reforms in…
- Political and Institutional Stability
- Security Council Press Statements
Security Council Press Statement on the Rome Conference
The members of the Security Council commended the convening in Rome on March, 15 2018, of a ministerial meeting in support of Lebanon’s Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces, under the auspices of the International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) and under the chairmanship of the United Nations…
- Press Releases
SRSG TANIN CALLS FOR RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP AND CALM
Today’s developments in Kosovo are unacceptable. I call on Belgrade and Pristina authorities to act with good will, to avoid provocation and to take the steps necessary to maintain peace and human security. The responsibilities of leaders to their constituencies demands nothing less. Furthermore, it…
The United Nations and the Government of Libya undertake national consultations on Strategic Framework for 2019-2020 and UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF Country Programme Documents
Tunis, 23 March 2018 – The Government of Libya and the United Nations discussed new way forward to support Libya in a round of consultations on the United Nations Strategic Framework (UNSF) for the period 2019-2020 and Country Programme Documents of UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF. The Strategic Framework…
Security Council Press Statement on terrorist attack in Kabul
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack that took place in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 21 March, on Nowruz, which resulted in at least 33 people killed and 65 injured, for which the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant…
Statement by Tadamichi Yamamoto on attack today in Kabul
KABUL - On behalf of the United Nations in Afghanistan, I condemn today’s attack in Kabul. As UNAMA continues to verify civilian casualties from the incident, initial reports indicate that at least 25 civilians were killed and many others injured. The explosion occurred in a civilian-populated area…
- Press Releases & Statements
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on allegations of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic
The Secretary-General met on 20 March with the Director General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and reiterated his support for its work in investigating allegations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria, and his confidence in the integrity and expertise of the…