On this day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of Haitians who lost their lives and the millions gravely affected by the devastating earthquake that struck their country ten years ago. We also honour the memory of one…

This Sunday marks the tenth anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti. The United Nations family in Haiti pays tribute to the more than 200,000 victims, including 102 United Nations personnel who perished while…

Hargeisa – The United Nations envoy to Somalia today flagged the world body’s belief that confidence-building efforts and dialogue between the authorities in Hargeisa and Mogadishu could bring about broad benefits in several…

Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) briefed, yesterday, the Security Council on the latest report of the…

Mogadishu – PRESS STATEMENT 01/2020 Good morning and Happy New Year to all of you. I thank President Musa Bihi Abdi, his team, and the people of Somaliland for their warm welcome. I last visited Hargeisa six months ago. I…

Good morning and Happy New Year to all of you. I thank President Musa Bihi Abdi, his team, and the people of Somaliland for their warm welcome. I last visited Hargeisa six months ago. I intend to continue to visit regularly…

The members of the Security Council expressed concern regarding the ongoing political impasse in Haiti. They reiterated the immediate necessity for Haiti’s stakeholders to engage in an inclusive and open dialogue to form a…

Tripoli, 08 January 2020 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Ghassan Salame, welcomes recent calls for a ceasefire in Libya by a number of…

On Monday, the Secretary-General made a passionate appeal for peace. His message to world leaders was simple: Stop escalation. Exercise maximum restraint. Re-start dialogue. Renew international cooperation. This appeal…

TUNIS, 07 January 2020 – UNSMIL convened yesterday a meeting of 19 Libyan economic experts representing the main Libyan financial and economic institutions as well as the different economic sectors. The experts, who took part…

​A group of 40 former FARC combatants, 20 of their relatives, and 20 residents of the community of Llano Grande, Dabeiba, for the first time, visited the Atanasio Girardot stadium in Medellin. The invitation was organized by…

Informal comments to the media by Ghassan Salame, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on the latest situation in Libya. Transcript of SRSG for Libya…