A new mental health programme is ready to transform Libya’s institution-based approach to a community-based approach to mental health care. Decades of neglect and the 2011 conflict have left Libya’s mental health system in…

Tripoli, 19 August 2013 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Tarek Mitri, met with Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Sunday 18 August 2013. Discussions cDiscussions covered the current situation…

Tripoli, 18 August 2013 - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Tarek Mitri, met today a delegation from the Supreme Amazigh Council and discussed the latest developments relating to the demands and…

A new State prison that was inaugurated in Misrata on 13 August 2013 is a positive step towards strengthening the rule of law and improving conditions for detainees in Libya, Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary…

This year’s observance of International Youth Day focuses on the issue of youth migration. Of the annual total of some 214 million international migrants, young people constitute more than 10 per cent, yet too little is known…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s 2-0 win over India for the South Asian Football Federation Championship trophy was a historic occasion – the country’s first such international football victory. The win has also seen the Afghanistan…

BAMYAN - Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province hosted a series of events over the past weeks – three of them supported by the United Nations – to highlight the issues of women’s participation in political processes and…

New York – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia condemns in the strongest terms the violent attack on a vehicle in which Ahmad Mohamed Islaan Madobe, leader of the interim Jubba…

New York – The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia condemns in the strongest terms the violent attack on a vehicle in which Ahmad Mohamed Islaan Madobe, leader of the interim Jubba…

I just had a very good meeting with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. I told the Prime Minister that the international community remains united in its support for Lebanon’s security and stability during this period. Our…

13 September 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Guinea-Bissau, José Ramos-Horta, returned to Bissau on Thursday after accompanying Transitional Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros, on a mission…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyz republic - Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Head of the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) Miroslav Jenča visited Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) to attend the…