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Mohammed Ibn Chambas concludes a two-week pre-electoral mission to Nigeria, calls on all actors to uphold their commitments for peaceful, free, fair and credible elections in February and March 2019
The Special Representative of the Secretary – General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded on Thursday 31 January a two-week pre-electoral mission to Nigeria. The mission, which took place from 21 to 31 January, included…
Remarks of Acting UN Special Coordinator Pernille Dahler Kardel after Meeting Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri
Good afternoon everybody, I just had a meeting with His Excellency Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and as always it is a great honor to meet him. Today was my last meeting with him where I bid him farewell before I finish my tour in Lebanon very soon. I expressed my deepest appreciation for the…
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First evacuation from Libya of 2019 brings 130 refugees to safety
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, evacuated yesterday (28 January) 130 people out of Libya, marking the first evacuations to Niger in 2019. The individuals evacuated had been detained in very dire conditions, and for months on end. UNHCR advocated for them to be released, and transferred them to the…
Remarks of Acting UN Special Coordinator Pernille Kardel after Meeting President Michel Aoun
I just finished my last meeting with His Excellency President Michel Aoun. It was, as always, an honour to meet him and to thank him for Lebanon having hosted me for the last 14 months before I end my mission as the Acting Special Coordinator for the United Nations in Lebanon First and foremost, I…
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Security Council Press Statement on the Attack against United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack perpetrated on 25 January 2019 against a convoy of MINUSMA near Douentza (region of Mopti), which resulted in 2 peacekeepers from Sri Lanka killed and several others injured. The members of the Security Council expressed…
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General on the attacks against MINUSMA
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack against a MINUSMA convoy near Douentza, Mopti region, this morning. Two peacekeepers from Sri Lanka were killed and six injured. A peacekeeper from Burkina Faso was injured in a separate IED attack against another…
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Security Council Press Statement on Colombia
New York, 24 January 2019. The members of the Security Council reiterated their full and unanimous support for the peace process in Colombia and shared the assessment of the Secretary-General set out in his 26 December 2018 report on the work of the United Nations Verification Mission. The members…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EDUCATION
New York: Today we celebrate the first International Day of Education. Education transforms lives. As United Nations Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai once said: “one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world”. Nelson Mandela rightly called education “the most powerful weapon…
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Statement to the Security Council by Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia
Sr. Presidente, Distinguidos miembros del Consejo de Seguridad, Estoy muy complacido por esta oportunidad de dirigirme a ustedes, por primera vez, con ocasión de su consideración del informe del Secretario General sobre la Misión de Verificación de Naciones Unidas en Colombia. Saludo la…