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Statement of Special Coordinator Derek Plumbly after meeting Interior Minister Nohad Mashnouk
I had a very good meeting with Minister Mashnouk. We discussed different aspects of the humanitarian situation as it relates to refugees and host communities and our efforts to encourage burden-sharing and greater international support for Lebanon. I congratulated him on the initiative he had taken…
SRSG condemns attack on EULEX, calls for cooperation to bring perpetrators to justice
UNMIK/PR/1807 PRISTINA – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) in Kosovo, Farid Zarif, condemns in the strongest possible terms the 25 April attack on two vehicles from the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX), as they travelled to Brnjak/Bërnjak…
UNMISS corrects erroneous information provided by the Hon. Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Juba, 23 April 2013 - UNMISS wishes to correct erroneous information provided on two issues during a press conference held earlier today by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting of the Republic of South Sudan, Honourable Michael Makuei Lueth.
Statement of UN Special Coordinator Derek Plumbly after meeting Prime Minister Tamam Salam
Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, 24 April 2014 I had a good meeting with Prime Minister Tammam Salam. I expressed appreciation for the measures that the government has been taking to address the security challenges and the calm which has resulted in Tripoli and elsewhere and to stress the international…
UNMISS condemns attacks on aid barges
24 April 2014 - An attack today on a convoy of barges hired by UNMISS to a mission base in Upper Nile State was an example of the difficulties aid agencies and the mission were facing in reaching people in hard-to-access areas, a senior humanitarian official in South Sudan said today. Vincent Lelei…
UNMISS condemns unprovoked attack on barge convoy in Upper Nile State
Juba, 24 April 2014 - The UN Mission in South Sudan condemns in the strongest possible terms this morning’s unprovoked attack on a convoy of barges hired by the Mission to deliver urgently needed food and fuel supplies to the UNMISS Upper Nile Base in Malakal. The attack took place on the Nile River…
92.5% of Syria’s chemical weapons material removed or destroyed in-country
24 April 2014 - The OPCW-UN Joint Mission confirms delivery of a further shipment of chemical weapons material. Today's operation brings the total of chemical material removed and destroyed in country to 92.5%. "I welcome the significant progress of the last three weeks, and I strongly encourage the…
Approximately 80 percent of Syria’s chemical weapons material removed or destroyed in-country
Statement by Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator of the OPCW-UN Joint Mission 19 April 2014 - With today's movement, the Syrian Arab Republic has removed or destroyed in-country approximately 80 percent of its chemical weapons material. Further engagement is expected to sustain momentum and to complete…
UNMISS condemns targeted killings of hundreds of foreign and South Sudanese civilians in Bentiu
Juba, 21 April 2014 - UNMISS strongly condemns the targeted killings of civilians based on their ethnic origins and nationality in Bentiu. UNMISS also strongly condemns the use of Radio Bentiu FM by some individuals associated with the opposition to broadcast hate speech. While some SPLA in…
UNMISS condemns attack on its camp in Bor
Juba, 17 April 2014 - The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) strongly condemns today’s deadly and unprovoked attack on its base in Bor, the capital of Jonglei State, by a mob of armed civilians.