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UN Special Coordinator Meets Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil
Beirut, Lebanon Friday, 20 May 2016 UN Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag met with His Excellency Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil to discuss the report of the Secretary-General: “In safety and dignity: Addressing large movements of refugees and migrants” (A/70/59). The report was prepared at the request…
Statement on shooting incident
KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan confirms that a security guard at one of its compounds in Kabul was killed today in a shooting incident. A staff member of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) was also injured in the incident. The injuries are described as not…
- Press Releases
29th High-level Meeting of Heads of UN Missions in West Africa
1. At the invitation of Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Heads of the United Nations Missions in West Africa and their representatives held their…
- Secretary-General
UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric Remarks at Noon Briefing on Refugees and Lebanon
UNHQ, New York Thursday, 19 May 2016 I've been asked about media accounts of the report of the Secretary-General, "In safety and dignity: Addressing large movements of refugees and migrants," which was prepared for the 19 September high-level meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and…
SRSG participated at RBEC Regional Meeting in Sarajevo
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina - On 19 May, Ambassador Petko Draganov, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of UNRCCA, participated in the Annual Cluster Meeting of UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC), which this year was…
Statement by Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK
Mr. President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details the principal events in Kosovo and the region, as well as the activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However, some developments since the Secretary-General’s last report are of greater significance than…
Ministerial Meeting for Libya Joint Communique, Vienna 16 May 2016
We welcome the presence of Prime Minister al-Sarraj and commend his leadership in guiding Libya’s institutions through seating the government in Tripoli, a turning point in the Libyan political process.We express our strong support for the Libyan people in maintaining the unity of Libya. We reaffirm…
- Press Releases & Statements
Statement of the International Syria Support Group
Meeting in Vienna on May 17, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, The Netherlands, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi…
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Statement by Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of UNMIK Security Council debate on UNMIK
Mr.President, Excellencies, The Secretary-General’s report before you details essential events in Kosovo and the region, and activities of UNMIK, from mid-January to mid-April. However, some developments since the Secretary-General’s last report are of more importance than the routine activities…
Joint Statement on the first anniversary of the talks between the Turkish Cypriot leader Mr. Mustafa Akıncı and the Greek Cypriot leader Mr. Nicos Anastasiades.
Today marks the first anniversary of our talks as the two Leaders as well as our commitment to work tirelessly to reach a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus question on the basis of the Joint Statement of February 2014. This has been a year of intensive negotiations and we, as the two Leaders…