Press Releases

Tuesday 24 April 2018 – Explosive remnants of war lead to devastating humanitarian consequences, causing injury, death and massive displacement of civilians across Libya. With limited resources, Libyan Security Institutions such as the National Safety Authority and Military Engineers carry out the…

On 13 April, four teenagers were caught trying to enter the United Nations base in Aweil through the perimeter fence. It was alleged that one of the teenaged girls had been touched inappropriately by a member of the Nepalese contingent in exchange for money. There was no allegation made of rape. The…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack that took place at a voter registration center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 22 April, which resulted in at least 50 people killed and 100 injured, for which the Islamic State in…

Tunis, 09 to 20 April 2018: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded a ten-day training program to officers from the Libyan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Marine Wealth. This program, delivered from 09 to 19 April, focused on communication and data collection…

NEW YORK -The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s attack on a voter registration centre in Kabul which claimed the lives of many civilians. Those who were behind this attack must be swiftly brought to justice. They must not be allowed to succeed in deterring Afghan citizens from carrying out…

I am concluding a four-day visit in South Sudan during which I had the opportunity to meet with senior Government officials including His Excellency, the First Vice President, Taban Deng Gai, and a delegation of Cabinet Ministers led by the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Martin Elia Lomoro. I visited…

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Dear families of our colleagues who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty Excellencies, Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, Today we honour our fallen colleagues. But allow me, before we begin, to say how I deeply saddened I was to learn last night of…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack against the camp of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in Timbuktu on 14 April 2018, which caused the death of a Burkinabe peacekeeper and injured others, including…

Secretary-General's remarks at joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Adel al-Jubeir [with Q&A] Ladies and gentlemen from the press, thank you very much for your presence. This visit obviously was centered as the Foreign Minister has said in the opening session of the Advisory…

The training workshop of the National Police Forces (FPN) of Gabon on "organized crime" was officially opened on Monday 16 April 2018 at the Ministry of Interior, headquarters of the FPN Command, Libreville. The ceremony took place in the presence of Mrs. Judith Koumba Pemba Mombo, Secretary General…