Press Releases

This year’s International Day of Peace comes at a time of deadly violence and destabilizing conflicts around the world. Rather than succumbing to despair, we have a collective responsibility to demand an end to the brutality and impunity that prevail. I call on all warring parties to lay down their…

UNOAU Statement at a meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council on the report of the AU Chairperson on Madagascar and Comoros

Skhirat, Morocco, 20 September 2015 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemns the military escalation in Benghazi on Saturday 19 September 2015. The timing of airstrikes clearly aims at undermining the on-going efforts to end the conflict. Benghazi has suffered for too…

Skhirat, Morocco – 18 September 2015 - SRSG Bernardino Leon’s remarks at press conference announcing agreement between House of Representatives delegation and House of Representatives Boycotters on addressing Libya’s new transitional phase: You know that you are used to see me arrive here with a lot…

Press conference of Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon on Wednesday evening, 16 September 2015, in Skhirat, Morocco Good evening. We have spent another day of consultations with the different delegations. The ones that are here, the ones that are not here and…

On 12 September 2015, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) received an allegation of sexual exploitation committed by one of its civilian staff. MINUSCA has informed the CAR authorities of this allegation and the United…

Civil society is the oxygen of democracy. We see this clearly in the world’s most vibrant and stable democracies, where Government and civil society work together for common goals. Civil society acts as a catalyst for social progress and economic growth. It plays a critical role in keeping…

2015-09-14 EBE Joint Statement

NICOSIA, 14 September 2015 - Today, the Turkish Cypriot leader, Mr. Mustafa Akıncı, and the Greek Cypriot leader Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, discussed the state of play across chapters since negotiations resumed four months ago. The negotiators provided the leaders with an update on the work they have…

Excerpts from Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Libya Bernardino Leon’s press conference in Skhirat, Morocco, 13 September 2015 After long hours of discussions, we have reached what we consider is a consensus on the main elements. We are going to distribute the text to the parties…