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UNHQ, New York Thursday, 19 May 2016 I've been asked about media accounts of the report of the Secretary-General, "In safety and dignity: Addressing large movements of refugees and migrants," which was prepared for the 19 September high-level meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - On 19 May, Ambassador Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of UNRCCA, participated in the Annual Cluster Meeting of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC), which this year was…

Mr. President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details the principal events in Kosovo and the region, as well as the activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However, some developments since the Secretary-General’s last report are of greater significance than…

We welcome the presence of Prime Minister al-Sarraj and commend his leadership in guiding Libya’s institutions through seating the government in Tripoli, a turning point in the Libyan political process.We express our strong support for the Libyan people in maintaining the unity of Libya. We reaffirm…

Meeting in Vienna on May 17, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, The Netherlands, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi…

Mr.President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details essential events in Kosovo and the region, and activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However, some developments since the Secretary-General’s last report are of more importance than the routine activities…

Today marks the first anniversary of our talks as the two Leaders as well as our commitment to work tirelessly to reach a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus question on the basis of the Joint Statement of February 2014. This has been a year of intensive negotiations and we, as the two Leaders…

Tunis, 13 May – Key UNESCO partners joined with the Organization to approve a new action plan to address emergency and short term interventions for the safeguarding of Libya’s cultural heritage following a three-day international expert meeting in the Tunisian capital this week.Organized with the…

GENEVA - We regret the execution on Sunday, 8 May, of six people in Afghanistan, amid persisting serious concerns about compliance with fair trial standards, and reports about the widespread use of torture and ill-treatment as a means of extracting confessions. We fear that there could be more…

UNMISS Update No. 125