News from our Missions
Dear Prime Minister Mikati Thank you very much for your invitation and for your wonderful hospitality Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, I came several times in the past to Lebanon and I came to Lebanon to…
When I was High Commissioner for Refugees, I came many times to Lebanon and I could see the solidarity of the people of Lebanon with so many refugees. I believe this is the moment for us all in the world to express the same…
Merci infiniment Monsieur le Président. Permettez-moi de parler en Anglais. Good evening, I am very happy to be back in Lebanon. I have just had a productive meeting with His Excellency President Aoun, where I thanked him for…
Dakar, 17 December 2021 - The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), organized on 16 and 17 December 2021, a regional seminar on the "Contribution of religious and traditional leaders to peacebuilding…
New York, 18 December 2021 On this International Migrants Day, we recognize the contributions of migrants across the world in the face of many struggles including the COVID-19 pandemic. Migrants continue to face widespread…
Goma (eastern DRC), 17 December 2021 - Security experts from the Great Lakes region, namely from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda met this week in Goma, eastern DRC, to agree…
Ambassadors of Egypt, the EU and the US, joined by the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary General on Libya, Ms. Stephanie Williams, as co-chairs of the Economic Working Group of the Berlin Process, convened a…
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres and AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomed the continuing strong cooperation between the two Organizations on 2 December at the UN headquarters in New York. The…
I am alarmed by the escalating violence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which is claiming the lives of Israelis and Palestinians. Last night, Palestinian assailants opened fire towards an Israeli vehicle…
On Sunday afternoon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, will arrive in Lebanon for a state visit. At this challenging time for Lebanon, this will be a visit of solidarity during which the…
The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) is organizing on 16 and 17 December 2021 a regional seminar on the "Contribution of religious and traditional actors to peacebuilding, conflict prevention and…
In an interview with UN News’ Abdelmonem Makki, while in New York to brief the Security Council on the situation in Sudan, SRSG Perthes spoke about finding a national consensus to move forward following October’s military…