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I am very grateful and honoured to be received today by His Excellency the Prime Minister. It is our first substantive meeting, although I had the honour to attend the commemorative ceremony on the 14th of February and that was the first time that we shook hands but today we discussed. I am very…

Statement by the United Nations Spokesperson in Cyprus 26 February 2019 – Today, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı, and the Greek Cypriot leader, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, met at the Chief of Mission’s residence in the United Nations Protected Area under the auspices of Special…

UNMISS PoC sites Update No.228 - 25 February 2019

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The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack against members of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in the area of Siby that resulted in the death of three peacekeepers from Guinea and a number of injured. The Secretary-General extends his…

Dakar, 22 February 2019- On the eve of the presidential elections in Senegal, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, calls on presidential candidates, their supporters and all stakeholders…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced on 8 February 2019 the appointment of Major General Mehari Zewde Gebremariam of Ethiopia as Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). He succeeds Major General Gebre Adhana Woldezgu of Ethiopia who…

We, the Heads of the international election observation missions and the United Nations present in Nigeria, have taken note of the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the 2019 general elections due to logistical and operational challenges. While we note that…

The Joint Task Force reviewed the situation across the Continent at their 16th Consultative Meeting held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 15 February 2019.