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Note to the Correspondents from UNSMIL’s Spokesperson on the Joint Drafting Committee’s Second round of Meetings
Tunis, 15 October 2017 - The Joint Drafting Committee of the House of Representatives and High Council of State met at UNSMIL to continue finalizing the amendments to the Libyan Political Agreement. The discussion was facilitated by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General to Libya, Dr…
Note to Correspondents from UNSMIL’s Spokesperson on the Second Round of the Joint Drafting Committee Meetings
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ghassan Salamé, met with the Dialogue Committees of the House of Representative and High Council of State tasked with drafting amendments to the Political Agreement. He congratulated them on the safe return after extensive…
Heads of State and Government of signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the DRC and the region to meet in Brazzaville, and review political and security developments in the region - PR40
Nairobi, 14 October 2017 – The Heads of State and Government of the signatory countries of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the region will hold the Eighth High-Level Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism (ROM) in…
SRSG Tanin Strongly Condemns the Attack against Editor-in-Chief of Insajderi
SRSG Zahir Tanin, Head of UNMIK, strongly condemns the attack against Vehbi Kajtazi, journalist and Editor-in-Chief of the online news outlet Insajderi . SRSG Tanin expresses serious concerns over the recent spate of attacks on journalists in Kosovo and calls for an investigation to bring…
- Press Releases
Press Release on formal delivering to Colombian Government of material resulting from laydown of arms process, that were stored in the UN Mission General Armament Warehouse
Bogotá. 13 October 2017. The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia informs that today it has formally delivered to Colombian Government: 69,034 kilograms of material resulting from the deactivation and destruction of all FARC-EP armaments and ammunition that were stored in the UN Mission…
UN enhances Libyan capacity to deal with the threat of explosive hazards
On 6 October, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) successfully implemented a special-to-theatre training of 12 Libyan Military Engineers. The month-long training aimed to enhance the Libyan capacity to carry out Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and respond to the contamination resulting…
- Secretary-General
Secretary-General's message for International Day for Disaster Reduction
Millions of lives have been shattered this year by drought, storms, earthquakes, landslides and heatwaves. Last weekend, I witnessed firsthand the dramatic levels of devastation caused by severe hurricanes in the Caribbean. An average of 24 million people are pushed into poverty every year by…
WFP PROVIDES EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES IN LIBYA’S CONFLICT-HIT SABRATHA
Tunis – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started providing vital food assistance to families who have been displaced by clashes between armed groups in western Libya’s Sabratha. The area has recently experienced an upsurge of conflict. Since the end of September, more than 15,000…
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at the end of visit to Libya
Photos for the visit to Tripoli / video report for the visit Geneva, 12 October 2017 - No UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ever managed to make an official visit to discuss the human rights situation in Libya during the time of Muammar Gaddafi or in the years following the end of his…
- Myanmar
Note to correspondents: Visit by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman to Myanmar
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will visit Myanmar from 13 to 17 October. Following the Secretary-General’s repeated calls for an end the military operations and violence in northern Rakhine state; unfettered access for humanitarian support; and the safe…