Press Releases

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag strongly condemned the four suicide bombings that took place at dawn this morning in the north-eastern Lebanese border town of El-Qaa, and which killed five civilians and injured several others. The Special Coordinator expressed her…

UNMISS provides protection to civilians fleeing Violence in Wau

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on South Sudan on Wau

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomes the release of the six Central African policemen who were held hostages by armed elements. MINUSCA applauds the perseverance of the negotiating team that contributed to their…

June 24 – Following three incidents in the past days that put access to health care in Benghazi under attack, the acting UN Humanitarian Coordinator and WHO Representative/ head of mission, Dr. Syed Jaffar Hussain, expresses deep concern and urges all parties to refrain from targeting medical…

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – On 22-24 June, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), Petko Draganov, visited Tashkent as part of the UN delegation headed by the Under-Secretary General for Political…

Press Briefing Wednesday 22 June2016 Near verbatim transcript

Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 22 June 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag visited on Tuesday the Palestine refugee camp of Rashidieh in southern Lebanon. During her visit, the Special Coordinator met with representatives of Rashidieh’s popular factions who briefed on…

Peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) mounted a military operation in the PK5 area of Bangui in the early afternoon of 20 June 2016 to extract Central African and UN policemen from the Commissariat building…