Press Releases

TRIPOLI, 06 September 2021 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) takes note of the release, on 5 September, of Mr. Al-Saadi Gadhaffi, along with Mr. Ahmed Ramadan and six other officials of the former regime who were detained for seven or more years. Mr. Gadhaffi’s release is in…

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, has concluded his seven-day visit to Syria, Lebanon and Turkey yesterday, his first official mission in the region since he assumed his functions. The humanitarian chief landed in Damascus via…

At the request of the Secretary-General, Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations, is currently in Kabul. During his visit today Mr. Griffiths met with Mullah Baradar and the leadership of the Taliban in Kabul to…

Abyei, 4 September 2021 - The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has expressed grave concern over the recent developments in some areas in the Northern Bahr el Ghazal's Aweil North and Aweil East counties leading to the forced relocation of UN troops and closure of the Kiir…

NEW YORK - As the United Nations continues to stand in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, the Secretary-General will travel to Geneva to convene on 13 September a high-level ministerial humanitarian meeting to address the growing needs in the country. The conference will advocate for a swift…

ESCWA warns: Three-quarters of Lebanon’s residents plunge into poverty Beirut, 3 September 2021-- Poverty in Lebanon has drastically increased over the past year, now affecting about 74% of the total population, warns a new policy brief on “ Multidimensional Poverty in Lebanon: Painful Reality and…

TRIPOLI, 02 September 2021 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expresses grave concern about ongoing armed clashes, including the alleged use of indirect fire, in Salaheddine, a densely populated neighbourhood in Tripoli. The Mission calls for the immediate cessation of…

The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), the Office of the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Great Lakes region and the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ) co-organized, from 31 August to 2 September 2021, a high-level workshop on natural…

NEW YORK - On the day Afghanistan enters a new phase I want to express my grave concern at the deepening humanitarian and economic crisis in the country and the threat of basic services collapsing completely. Today, almost half of the population of Afghanistan – 18 million people – need humanitarian…