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UNMIK clarification regarding some recent media reports
Sanam Dolatshahi, UNMIK's spokesperson: "Regarding some media reports on President Hashim Thaci’s visit to Gazivoda reservoir on 29 September, UNMIK wishes to clarify that its staff were neither notified of nor involved in this visit. UNMIK staff and vehicles in the area were present only fulfilling…
The Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed --- Opening remarks at General Assembly side event on the Transition from Peacekeeping to Peacebuilding and Development in Darfur New York, 28 September 2018
[As prepared for delivery] I am pleased to join you today in solidarity with the people of Darfur and their aspirations for peace. Today’s Darfur looks very different from the Darfur of ten years ago when the African Union and United Nations deployed our joint peacekeeping mission. In the Darfur of…
  • Action for Peacekeeping and A4P+
Note to Correspondents on the High-Level Meeting on Action for Peacekeeping
The Secretary-General convened a High-Level Meeting on Action for Peacekeeping yesterday, in the margins of the General Debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly. The meeting, held during the 70th anniversary year of UN peacekeeping, was a key milestone in the Secretary-General’s Action for…
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Libya
New York, 21 September 2018 - The Secretary-General is alarmed by the increasing number of violations of the ceasefire agreement signed by armed groups in Tripoli on 4 September under the auspices of his Special Representative, Ghassan Salamé. He extends his condolences to those who have lost loved…
UNFICYP Press Statement on International Day of Peace
Nicosia, 21 st September 2018 – As the world commemorates the International Day of Peace, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of Mission, Ms. Elizabeth Spehar , highlighted the importance of people across the island working together towards lasting peace in Cyprus…
  • Secretary-General
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Syria
The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement reached on 17 September between President Erdogan of Turkey and President Putin of Russia to create a demilitarized buffer zone in Idlib region, which should avert a full-scale military operation and provide reprieve for millions of civilians. The…