Press Releases

Juba, 14 April 2015 - The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) for South Sudan (Political) Moustapha Soumaré visited Malakal today on his first trip to an UNMISS state office since he took up his…

UNMISS Update No. 121

On the morning of Friday 10 April 2015, a mob of approximately 300 to 400 people attacked the camp of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Kaga…

A blue helmet of the Bangladeshi contingent of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Lance Corporal Nazrul Islam, died on Thursday 09 April 2015…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan – On 7-8 April, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), visited Astana to meet with the Speaker…

The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the recent terrorist attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram in northeast...

02 April 2015 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya strongly condemns the air strikes conducted on Zintan airport in recent days. These repeated attacks endanger the civilian population as well as civilian…

New York, 01 April 2015- The Secretary-General takes note of the results of the Nigerian presidential and parliamentary elections announced yesterday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He has spoken to…

Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, 31 March 2015 The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag visited today the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein El-Hilweh in south Lebanon. Accompanied by the Acting Director of the UN…

31 March 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the ceasefire and the withdrawal of forces from the Sidra Oil Crescent area. The move follows weeks of mediation efforts by UNSMIL between the…