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Statement by the UN Secretary-General on Refugees
NEW YORK - On my way back from Ethiopia, the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa that for decades has been keeping its borders open to hundreds of thousands of refugees from its neighbours, many times in dramatic security situations, I want to state the following: Countries have the right…
Presidents Hollande and Santos visit the local site for the Tripartite Mechanism in Cauca
Bogotá, January 24, 2017 - Presidents Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia and François Hollande of France visited the local site for the Tripartite Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) in Caldono, Cauca to take stock of the progress in the zone. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General…
Secretary-General’s remarks to the African Union Summit [as delivered]
Your Excellency Mr. Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad and Chairperson of the African Union, Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Excellencies, All protocol observed, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to be with you. I humbly…
Statement on Malakal Attributable to the Office of the Spokesperson, UNMISS Juba, 29 January, 2017
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) remains deeply concerned about the outbreak of fighting between the SPLA and SPLA in Opposition in and around Malakal town, including intermittent shelling that has been reported over the last few days. UNMISS reports that on Sunday, the situation…
Joint press statement by the AU, IGAD and the UN - Consultations on South Sudan
The African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the United Nations (UN) held a joint consultative meeting on South Sudan on January 29, 2017 on the margins of the African Union 28 th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa. The meeting…
Communique of the third meeting of the Guarantors of the Peace, Security and Cooperation (PSC) Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region
The representatives of the Guarantors of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region (PSC Framework) held their third meeting in Addis, Ethiopia, on 27 January 2017, on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit. The meeting was chaired…
UNMISS protests detention of Radio Miraya journalist in Juba
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has protested the arrest of a journalist working for the UN Radio in Juba. The Radio Miraya journalist and UN staff member was detained for five hours, by SPLA soldiers while covering a story at the John Garang Mausoleum on Tuesday. UNMISS spokesperson Daniel…
President of the UN Security Council reads statement on the situation in South Sudan (audio and video)
Statement read by H.E. Mr. Olof Skoog (Sweden) Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of January 2017, on the situation in South Sudan (United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)) during a media stakeout on 23 January…
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The Secretary-General’s remarks to the General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on ‘Building Sustainable Peace for all: Synergies between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustaining Peace’
NEW YORK [As delivered] Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, All protocol observed, In recent decades, globalization and technological progress have generated unprecedented economic progress, with higher living standards for many and even a reduction in the…
NEW HEAD OF THE UN MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN DELIVERS FIRST STATEMENT
David Shearer, the new Special Representative for South Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), delivered his first statement upon arriving in Juba on Friday 20 January at approximately 4.15 pm. A near verbatim transcript of what he had to say (plus audio and link to…