Press Releases

25 August 2015 - Special Envoy Saïd Djinnit today convened a regional stakeholders’ meeting in support of the Youth Forum of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). Representatives of the ICGLR…

24 August 2015 - A meeting of representatives of Libyan women groups and women activists, in the framework of the political dialogue, commenced on Monday 24 August 2015 in Tunis, Tunisia. The three-day meeting, facilitated by…

The United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) condemns in the strongest terms the recent communal clashes in Bambari, Ouaka prefecture, which has killed many…

Beirut, Lebanon Monday, 24 August 2015 The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Ms. Sigrid Kaag, noted recent citizens’ protests and rightful, public demands for basic services and the effective functioning of…

Kigali, 24 August 2015 – As part of his consultations with the signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSCF) agreement for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region, Special Envoy Said…

The Secretary-General has taken note of the inauguration today in Bujumbura of Pierre Nkurunziza for his third term as President of Burundi.

The United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) welcomes the end of the strike of the Cameroonian truck drivers on 21 August 2015. It is gratifying to note that…

21 August 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.pdf Statement by Mr…

Tunis, Tunisia, 20 August 2015 - A meeting of Libyan civil society organisations and activists convened in Tunis, Tunisia, on 19-20 August 2015. It included men and women active in human rights, humanitarian work, journalism…

21 August 2015 - Statement by Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Kosovo, to the United Nations Security Council... UNMIK chief briefs UN Security Council on Kosovo 21 August 2015 -…