Press Releases

Late this afternoon, UNIFIL was informed that two IDF vehicles were attacked south of the Blue Line in the general area of Sheeba Farms. The IDF returned artillery fire in the general area of Kafr Chouba, Abbasiva and Bastara…

31 December 2015 - As part of his efforts to broaden support for the Libyan Political Agreement, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Martin Kobler, visited Libya on Thursday 31 December 2015 and met…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the Central African Republic, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, sees as an unquestionable success the conduct of the 30 December 2015 presidential and legislative…

The U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) today ends a ten year, multi-million dollar initiative that has bridged differences and helped make the Cyprus conflict easier to solve by improving dialogue, communication and…

UNMISS Update No. 106

23 Dec 2015 - Press conference by Mr. Martin Kobler, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) following the adoption of Security Council Resolution 2259 (2015) on the situation…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on 21 st December near Bagram Air Field, which resulted in the deaths of at least six US service members as well as a number…

The Mufti of Cyprus, Dr Talip Atalay prayed at Hala Sultan Tekke on 23rd December 2015 together with 1000 faithful during a special pilgrimage on the occasion of the Mawlid ul Nabi / Mevlid, celebrating the birth of Prophet…

UNMISS Update No. 105

Today, the Turkish Cypriot leader Mr. Mustafa Akıncı and the Greek Cypriot leader Mr. Nicos Anastasiades held the last leaders’ meeting of 2015. They evaluated negotiations since talks began on 15 May 2015 and expressed their…