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Security Council Press Statement on targeted attacks against civilians in Afghanistan
NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in Afghanistan. These heinous attacks have targeted civil servants, the judiciary, the media, healthcare and humanitarian workers, including women in…
Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Mission in South Sudan, unanimously adopting Resolution 2567 (2021)
New York, 12 March 2021: Extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) until 15 March 2022, the Security Council demanded today that all parties to the conflict in that country and other armed actors immediately stop fighting and engage in political…
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UNSMIL statement on the approval by the House of Representatives of a new interim unified Government
Tripoli, 10 March 2021 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) congratulates the Libyan people on the approval by the House of Representatives (HoR) of a new interim unified Government and applauds the HoR leadership and its members for coming together in unity on this historic day…
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UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya meets high-level Egyptian and regional officials and Libyan interlocutors in Cairo
08 March 2021 – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy (SE) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMI) Ján Kubiš paid a visit to Cairo from 6 to 8 March where he met with high-level Egyptian officials, the League of Arab States’ Secretary-General as well as with…
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United Nations Support Mission in Libya Statement on The International Women’s Day
8 March 2021 Today, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, which is marked globally under the theme of “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,”. And as we celebrate the 8th of March International Women’s Day, we take time to reflect on issues of gender equality…
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Statement of the Co-Chairs (Netherlands, Switzerland and UNSMIL) of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya on International Women’s Day
‘Libyan Women Are a Force for Change’ On International Women’s Day, the co-chairs of the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights established under the Berlin process – the Netherlands, Switzerland, and UNSMIL, represented by its Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Rule of…
On International Women’s Day, SRSG Tanin reaffirms the need to address the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women and recognise their contributions
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, recognises the invaluable contributions of women in building better, more just and inclusive societies and calls for the advancement of efforts to tackle the…
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Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya stresses the importance of holding a House of Representative session on 8 March as an important step towards unity, sovereignty
Tripoli, 07 March 2021 - The UN Secretary-General Special Envoy for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ján Kubiš stresses the importance of holding the House of Representatives session on Monday, 8 March, which is the first since several years. The Special Envoy…
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VIDEO MESSAGE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
New York, 8 March 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has erased decades of progress towards gender equality. From high job losses to exploding burdens of unpaid care, from disrupted schooling to an escalating crisis of domestic violence and exploitation, women’s lives have been upended and their rights…
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UNSMIL Statement on the deployment of the Advance Team
TRIPOLI, 4 March 2021 - In accordance with the Secretary-General’s recommendation in his report of 29 December 2020 and subsequent to the Security Council’s request of 4 February, the United Nations deployed a small advance team to Libya earlier yesterday. The advance team will help advance UN…