New York – Mr President, Members of the Council, thank you very much for this opportunity to brief the Security Council for the first time since assuming my appointment as SRSG for Somalia. I am particularly glad to be here…

New York – Mr President, Members of the Council, thank you very much for this opportunity to brief the Security Council for the first time since assuming my appointment as SRSG for Somalia. I am particularly glad to be here…

Brussels – Secretary-General's message to High-Level Conference on a New Deal for Somalia. Delivered by Nicholas Kay, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia. I send my best wishes to this Conference and…

Brussels – Secretary-General's message to High-Level Conference on a New Deal for Somalia. Delivered by Nicholas Kay, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia. I send my best wishes to this Conference and…

At the invitation of the President of the Republic, General Michel Sleiman, the International Support Group for Lebanon met today in the Presidential Palace to review developments since its inaugural meeting under the…

NEW YORK - Marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has noted that while poverty levels around the world have fallen, that progress has been uneven.“Our…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns an attack on a mosque today which killed the Governor of Logar Province, Arsala Jamal, and reportedly wounded several civilians. The…

10 October 2013 - Approximately 30 journalists from national and local radio stations, national news agency and newspapers took part in a workshop for regional correspondants held in Gitega from 9 to 11 October and focused on…

Beirut, Lebanon Monday, 14 October 2013 The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, utterly rejects the article citing his alleged views which appeared in Al Akhbar on 12 October 2013…

BAMYAN - According to a newsletter from Secretariat of Minister’s Council, the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai has appointed Mr Ghulam Ali Wahdat as the Governor of Bamyan province.The newsletter describes that on the…

KABUL - On behalf of the United Nations family in Afghanistan, I extend my greetings to all Afghans as they prepare to celebrate Eid-ul-Adha.This holiday is an opportunity to reflect on the universal values of peace, harmony…

New York, 10 October 2013, The Secretary-General is relieved by the release of Prime Minister Ali Zeidan of Libya and emphasises his continued support to the Government of Libya. He reiterates his condemnation of the Prime…