Press Releases

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is deeply concerned by the escalating violence seen since June 10, 2016 in Ngaoundaye, Ouham Pende Prefecture, in…

16 June 2016 - Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Ali Al-Za'tari condemns recent airstrikes in residential areas in Derna, which have led to civilian casualties. According to information received…

Press Briefing Wednesday 15 June2016 Near verbatim transcript

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - On 15 June, Ambassador Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), held his regular…

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

Monday 13 June 2016 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, condemns in the strongest terms the killing of 12 prisoners, which…

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) calls on communities of PK5, in the 3rd district of Bangui, to exercise restraint and calm. The Mission urges them…

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – On 13 June, Ambassador Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), conducted a…

Nicosia, 13 th June 2016 – The new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Elizabeth Spehar, has arrived in Cyprus to formally assume…

Every year on the International Day of Peace, the United Nations calls on the peoples of the world to remember their common humanity and join together to build a future free of strife. It calls on all of us to observe a day…