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Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, 22 June 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag visited on Tuesday the Palestine refugee camp of Rashidieh in southern Lebanon. During her visit, the Special Coordinator…

Peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) mounted a military operation in the PK5 area of Bangui in the early afternoon of 20 June 2016 to…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks occurred on June 20, in Kabul and Badakhshan province against civilian population. The detonation of an improvised…

NICOSIA, 21 June 2016 - In light of the difficult situation with continuing fires on the island, the Greek Cypriot leader Mr. Nicos Anastasiades has requested to postpone today’s leaders’ meeting. The Turkish Cypriot leader…

Near verbatim transcript UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL HERVE LADSOUS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS

UNMISS Update No. 131

Today, the 20 th of June, we mark World Refugee Day, as designated by the UN General Assembly from the year 2000 onward, and exactly 65 years since the Convention and Protocols relating to the Status of Refugees were signed…

Brazzaville, 20 June 2016 - Said Djinnit, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Great Lakes Region met with President Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo in Brazzaville to discuss issues…

Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 16 June 2016 United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Ms. Sigrid Kaag met today in London with senior UK officials to discuss Lebanon in the current regional context. Discussions focused on…