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Dakar, 19 June 2014 - The New Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Sahel, Mrs. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, presented today in New York the Secretary-General report on the Sahel to the UN Security Council. She briefed its members on progress made towards the implementation of…

Dakar, 19 June 2014 – The New Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Sahel, Mrs. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, presented today in New York the Secretary-General report on the Sahel to the UN Security Council.

The New Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General for the Sahel, Mrs. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, presented today in New York the

Tripoli, 18 June 2014 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Tarek Mitri, briefed ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions in Libya on the recent discussions at the Security Council as well as the reasons and circumstances behind the indefinite postponement of…

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NEW YORK - The Secretary-General welcomes the publication by the World Bank on 17 June of draft assessments on the proposed Rogun hydropower project in Tajikistan, which provide important guidance for critical consultations among the region’s States on water and energy issues. He recognizes the…

Rome, Italy Tuesday, 17 June 2014 1.Participants thanked the Government of Italy for hosting the Ministerial Conference on International Support for the Lebanese Armed Forces under the auspices of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the preparatory Senior Officials Meeting held in Rome…

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan – Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), was invited to take part in an event dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Executive…

BEIJING, China - On 11-13 June 2014, Miroslav Jenča, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), visited Beijing and hold talks with Deputy Foreign Minister of China, Mr. Cheng Guoping, Secretary…

New York, 12 June 2014 - The Secretary-General continues to follow closely the situation in Libya and stresses the importance of the peaceful and timely holding of elections on 25 June. The Secretary-General reaffirms the important role of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) in…