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UNISFA debunks targeted fake news
Abyei, 8 October 2023 - The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is concerned by disinformation circulating online and on social media, falsely accusing the mission of arming local youth in the Abyei Box. The false reports alleged that third-party commercial trucks carrying…
UNIFIL statement on rocket and return fire (8 October 2023)
Early this morning, UNIFIL peacekeepers detected several rockets fired from southeast Lebanon toward Israeli-occupied territory in the general area of Kafr Chouba, and artillery fire from Israel to Lebanon in response. We are in contact with authorities on both sides of the Blue Line, at all levels…
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In Burkina Faso, Special Representative Simão stresses the importance of mobilizing to strengthen peace and stability
Dakar, 06 October 2023 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, today concluded a two-day working visit to Burkina Faso. During his visit, the Special Representative held a series of…
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UNSMIL receives copy of electoral laws, stresses need for consensual and implementable solutions
TRIPOLI- The United Nations Support Mission in Libya received yesterday evening an official memorandum from the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives Agila Saleh that included the approved electoral laws. The mission respects the Libyan sovereign institutions and the national ownership…
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Joint Communiqué | 17th Annual Joint Consultative Meeting between the AUPSC and the Members of the UNSC
The African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and the Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held their seventeenth (17 th) Annual Joint Consultative Meeting at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 6 October 2023. The AU PSC and the Members of the UNSC…
Statement Attributable to The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Mr. Geir O. Pedersen
I am gravely concerned by the escalating violence in Syria today. I am deeply concerned by the alarming reports of a drone attack on the graduation ceremony of a military academy in Homs, which the Government attributed to terrorist organizations and which reportedly caused many dozens of casualties…
The Secretary General acknowledges progress towards the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement and the set in motion of initiatives to consolidate peace in Colombia
THE SECRETARY GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGES PROGRESS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINAL PEACE AGREEMENT AND THE SET IN MOTION OF INITIATIVES TO CONSOLIDATE PEACE IN COLOMBIA Bogotá, 5 October 2023. - In his most recent report on the UN Verification Mission in Colombia, covering the period from 27 June…
Statement by Mr. Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMISS at the 32nd RJMEC plenary meeting
[As Delivered] RJMEC Chair, Excellencies and distinguished guests, I thank the RJMEC for the opportunity to brief you again today. Since our last meeting, I briefed the United Nations Security Council on the political and security developments in South Sudan over the last three months. I noted the…
SRSG Ziadeh holds regular consultations in Belgrade ahead of Security Council session, urges restraint and return to dialogue
Exercising restraint in messages and actions was urged by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK Caroline Ziadeh during her regular consultations in Belgrade. During her meetings, SRSG Ziadeh underlined the urgency to de-escalate tensions and emphasized the need for…
UNISFA condemns the fatal incident of sporadic shooting in the Abyei New Market.
Abyei, 03 October 2 023 - The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) strongly condemns the incident of sporadic gun fire leading to death and injury of innocent civilians at the New Abyei Market. On 29 September 2023, at about 1920 hours, sporadic gun fire was heard inside the…