Press Releases

New York, 11 July 2012 - Despite significant progress in consolidation of peace in West Africa, recent seizures of power, armed insurrection, piracy, terrorist threats and increased illicit drug traffic meant that the…

As-Salaamu Alaikum, My dear friends, we are at a critical juncture in the Somali peace process. Several significant developments have been made since I last wrote to you in March. We are very close to witnessing one of the…

Mogadishu, 9 July 2012 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga condemns in the strongest terms the assassination attempt on Abdulkadir Omar Abdulle, a journalist for…

The United Nations was assisting Libya as it held, on 7 July, its first free election in 47 years. The nationwide balloting to elect a Libyan National Congress was a key step in the country's transition from dictatorship to…

Letter to the Somali People [English] [Somali]

On the eve of the elections to the National Congress, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya (SRSG) Ian Martin congratulates the Libyan people on this historic milestone in their country's transition…

Hosting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hilde F. Johnson in Nairobi on UNMISS achievements during its first year of operations. Read full transcript

Hosting Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hilde F. Johnson in Juba on UNMISS achievements during its first year of operations. Read the full transcript

6 July 2012 - UNMISS had often mobilized and deployed armed peacekeepers to attack-prone areas in South Sudan over the past year, saving thousands of lives, the UN's top official in the country said on 6 July in Juba…