Press Releases

Juba, 9 October 2013 - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Ms. Hilde F. Johnson, concluded yesterday a two-day visit to…

Sisters Nana and Zakia, from Abu Shouk, North Darfur, both were married underage and are currently farming with no chances to join the school. Photo by Albert González Farran. Empowering girls, ensuring their human rights and…

Dakar, 7 October 2013- The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr Romano Prodi, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, concluded a 2-day joint visit in West…

Dakar, 7 October 2013- The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Sahel, Mr Romano Prodi, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, concluded a 2-day joint visit in West…

I just had a very good meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. We discussed the latest developments in Lebanon and the region. I briefed Speaker Berri on the inaugural meeting of the International Support Group for…

Juba, 3 October 2013 - The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in support of the National Prisons Service of South Sudan (NPSSS) has embarked on a one-year training program for South Sudanese national prisons…

Tripoli, 1 October 2013 – A report is issued jointly by the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in implementation of UNSMIL’s mandate of assisting Libyans in…

An elder woman peels groundnuts at the market in El Fasher, North Darfur. Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID The global community has reached a critical moment in our collective efforts to address poverty and usher in a…

NEW YORK, September 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held meetings with H.E. Mr. Erlan A. Idrissov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Erlan Abdyldayev, Minister for Foreign Affairs of…

The Secretary-General welcomed the High-Level Meeting on Central Asia held today at United Nations Headquarters. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Secretary-General, with the participation of countries of Central Asia and…