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- Service and Sacrifice
United Nations thanks Sierra Leone for its contribution to UN peacekeeping
New York, 19 October 2022- Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix expressed appreciation to Sierra Leone for its strong support to United Nations Peacekeeping and for the service and sacrifice of its military and police personnel deployed under the UN flag. Sierra Leone’s…
- Security Council Press Statements
Security Council Press Statement on Maritime Boundary between Lebanon and Israel
The members of the Security Council commended the announcements that Lebanon and Israel have agreed to end their dispute over their maritime boundary and delineate it permanently. This is a major step, which will contribute to the stability, the security, and the prosperity of the region. It will…
Security Council Press Statement on Maritime Boundary between Lebanon and Israel (19 October 2022)
Security Council Press Statement on Maritime Boundary between Lebanon and Israel (19 October 2022)
- Press Releases
Leaders must find positive pathway on Kosovo for benefit of all, SRSG Ziadeh tells Security Council
Political leaders must choose between issuing threats or good will gestures in Kosovo – and should decide in favour of all members of society. A message to continue on a pathway of positive leadership, including within the framework of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, was delivered by the Special…
- Press Releases
Statement of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Mali
The Secretary-General strongly condemns yesterday’s attack by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) against a patrol of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Tessalit, Kidal region, which resulted in the death of four Chadian peacekeepers. The…
- Press Releases
Security Council Press Statement on Attack against United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated against the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on 17 October near Tessalit through an explosive device, following which three peacekeepers from Chad were killed…
- Secretary-General
Secretary-General’s message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
New York, 17 October 2022 As we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we face a harsh truth: the world is moving backwards. COVID-19 plunged millions into poverty, setting back more than four years of hard-won progress. Inequalities are widening. National and household economies…
- Secretary-General
Secretary-General’s video message on World Food Day
New York, 16 October 2022 World Food Day 2022 comes at a challenging moment for global food security. The number of people affected by hunger has more than doubled in the past three years. Almost a million people are living in famine conditions, with starvation and death a daily reality. A…
- Press Releases
UNOWAS with ECOWAS and AU organized a workshop on Youth empowerment, climate change, peace and security in West Africa and the Sahel
Dakar, Friday 14 October 2022 – As part of the implementation of the Call to Action on Climate Change, Peace and Security adopted at UNOWAS’ Regional Conference held in Dakar in April 2022, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), in coordination with the African Union (AU)…
- Human Rights
- Security
- Press Releases
Haiti: Gangs use sexual violence to instill fear – UN report
GENEVA and PORT-AU-PRINCE (14 October 2022) : A joint human rights report published by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH)and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), entitled “Sexual violence in Port-au-Prince : a weapon used by gangs to instill…