Press Releases

Mayors and representatives of Libya’s municipal councils meeting in Tunis on 29-30 May 2015: Recalling the outcomes of their previous meetings in Geneva and Brussels; Reiterating their commitment to Libya’s national unity…

To the Editor regarding “ Keeping the Peace, but Accused of Abuse” (Memo From the United Nations, May 26): United Nations peacekeeping has put in place a number of measures to address the issues raised. And we are seeing…

The Secretary-General called the President of Tanzania, H.E. Mr. Jakaya Kikwete. Ahead of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State Summit on 31 May, the Secretary-General expressed appreciation for President Kikwete's…

2015-05-28 EBE Joint Statement

26 May 2015 - Statements to the United Nations Security Council in New York Statement by H.E. Mr Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, to the United Nations…

Today marks a one-year vacuum in the post of the Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon. Over the past year, the vacuum in the Presidency has undermined Lebanon’s ability to address the growing security, economic and social…

The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Great Lakes Region, the EAC-COMESA Eminent Persons, the High Level Delegation of the AU and the Executive Secretary of the ICGLR are appalled by the escalation of violence…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the killing of Mr. Zedi Feruzi, leader of the opposition Union pour la paix et le développement (UPD) Zigamibanga party in Burundi, and his bodyguard, on 23…

23 May 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns the string of suicide bombings that have taken place over the past few days in the areas of al-Qubba (19 May), Sirte (20 May) and Misrata (21 May)…