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The Secretary-General's Message on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action - 4 April 2019
The path towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development must be clear of landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices. All people have the right to live in security, and not fear their next step. Mine action clears paths and creates safe ground on which homes…
Brazilian female peacekeeper wins United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award
A Brazilian peacekeeper serving in the Central African Republic has been selected to receive the United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award. Lieutenant Commander Marcia Andrade Braga, a Naval officer working in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in…
Security Council Press Statement on Libya
New York, 26 March 2019 - The members of the Security Council emphasized their full support for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ghassan Salamé, and the United Nations Support Mission for Libya (UNSMIL) as they seek to mediate a political way forward in Libya that would lead to…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Mali
The Secretary-General is shocked and outraged by reports that at least 134 civilians, including women and children, have been killed and at least 55 have been injured following an attack this morning on Ogossagou Peulh village, Mopti region, in central Mali. The Secretary-General condemns this act…
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THE SECRETARY- GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NOWRUZ
21 March 2019 For more than 300 million people across the world, Nowruz is about new beginnings: the arrival of a new year; the first day of spring; the renewal of nature. For all of us, it is a chance to reaffirm our commitment to peace, human rights and human dignity; to fostering dialogue and…
Remarks of Special Coordinator Jan Kubis After Meeting Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil
I am very glad that his Excellency received me before my travel to New York for my first meeting with the Security Council in my current capacity as the Special Coordinator. We discussed a number of topics, he gave me a number of messages: One, the issues related to different violations of…
France supports UN humanitarian and development efforts in Libya with one million USD
Tripoli, 18 March 2019 – The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Yves Le Drian, and the United Nations, represented by Heads of the UNDP, UNICEF and WHO in Libya, signed today an agreement for a contribution of € 876,000 by the French Government to fund the implementation of projects…
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 230
UNMISS Protection of Civilian (PoC) sites Update No. 230
Remarks of UN Special Coordinator Jan Kubis After Meeting Prime Minister Saad Hariri
I am very grateful that His Excellency the Prime Minister is giving me his time frequently and regularly. This is very important as well due to my forthcoming meeting with the Security Council of the United Nations next week in New York. So I wanted to check some messages and the most important…
UN Special Coordinator Jan Kubis Statement marking first anniversary of the Rome II Conference in support of Lebanon’s Armed Forces and Internal Security Forces
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the Rome II ministerial conference held on 15 March 2018 under the auspices of the International Support Group for Lebanon and the chairmanship of the United Nations and the Government of Italy, United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis…