The Secretary-General condemns today’s improvised explosive device attack against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), south of Aguelhok, in Kidal region, that…
The Secretary-General condemns today’s improvised explosive device attack against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), south of Aguelhok, in Kidal region, that…
United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, visited Senegal yesterday, 25 July 2016, as part of his tour to a number of countries in Central and West Africa. While in Dakar, Mr. Feltman met…
The Secretary-General condemns the recent fighting in Kidal, Mali, which erupted on 21 and 22 July between two armed groups signatory to the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali. He deplores this first violation of…
Heavy fighting erupted in Kidal yesterday around 16:30 between members of both signatory movements of the Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali. Heavy weapons, including mortars, were used during confrontations…
GENEVA/ABIDJAN (11 July 2016) – A UN report released today calls on the Ivorian authorities to intensify their efforts to prevent and punish rape, a crime that continues to claim many victims in the in the country. The report…
GENEVA/ABIDJAN (11 July 2016) – A UN report released today calls on the Ivorian authorities to intensify their efforts to prevent and punish rape, a crime that continues to claim many victims in the in the country. The report…
(Monrovia) - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia, Farid Zarif, today lauded the people and Government of Liberia for reassuming full control of the…
The Office of the United Nations for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), the International institute of Peace (IPI) and the federal Department of the foreign affairs of the Swiss Confederation (DFAE), organized a high level…
[New York, 17 June 2016] The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, condemned the criminal attack that took place at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States, on 12 June…