Today, we celebrate African Union Day—a day that stands for Africa’ strength, resilience, unity, and the promises of its people’s irrepressible aspiration to freedom and agency. The African Union has been at the forefront of…
Mogadishu – Somali journalists have a tough job. Their work is fundamental for sustainable development, human rights protection and democratic consolidation, but it can be a dangerous and sometimes deadly profession…
The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, joined UNDP in marking 10 years of its Youth Leadership Programme at a ceremony held at the campus of the Lebanese American University. Attended…
On 6 September 2024, the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) facilitated an informal meeting between Ambassador Pascale Baeriswyl, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, and Ambassador…
On 6 September, the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) facilitated the meeting between the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations in New York and the President of the UNSC…
From 2 to 6 September 2024, UNOAU provided technical support to the Eastern African Standby Force (EASF) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Standby Force in the facilitation of two courses, namely, Force…
On 6 September, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga met with Ambassador Ben Marc Diendéré, Permanent Observer of Canada to the African Union. During their meeting, Ambassador Diendéré briefed on Canada’s ongoing multistakeholder…
NEY YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous terrorist attack that occurred in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on 2 September, which was claimed by ISIL (Da’esh) -K and…
On 5 September, SRSG Parfait Onanga-Anyanga paid a courtesy call to the Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the AU, Major General (retired)…
TARHUNA - A joint delegation from the United Nations Support Mission in Libya and the Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights visited Tarhuna on 30 August to present to the local community the findings and…
TRIPOLI, 3 September 2024 – Following consultations hosted by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) at its headquarters in Tripoli on Monday and Tuesday, the representatives of the House of Representatives (HoR…