NEW YORK - Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and reversed. Empowering women and…

NEW YORK Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and reversed. Empowering women and girls…

“Towards equal participation of women in building Libya’s future” As we celebrate the International Women Day, I think of the courageous Libyan women who played a key role in sparking the 2011 revolution. Today, women play a…

Good afternoon. President of the Security Council briefed you I was not there when he did but from what I understand on the main conclusion and outcomes of the Geneva 4th round of talks and I will be doing my own comments on…

For Arabic version click here . Mr. President, 1. Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council following the fourth round of intra- Syrian talks that concluded in Geneva last Friday, 3 March 2017. I will be…

SG: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the media, thank you very much for your presence. I decided that I would make in Baidoa my first field visit of my tenure as Secretary-General of the United Nations. And the reason…

BAGHLAN - The advocacy role of young Afghans in working with government to fight corruption and promote women’s equality in the workplace was the focus of an open debate and televised roundtable discussion in north-eastern…

Hearing the heart-wrenching stories of desperate families displaced in Somalia, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today urged a massive scale up in international support to avert a famine in the drought…

7 March 2017 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, condemns the military escalation in Libya’s Oil Crescent region which…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan-- On 6-7 March, Mirsolav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Petko Draganov, UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia…

ASTANA, Kazakhstan – On 7 March, Mirsolav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Petko Draganov, UN Special Representative and Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia…

LAGHMAN - In a UN-backed three-day Peace Jirga, community leaders from three districts of Afghanistan’s east said they are committed to working with opposing groups to find peaceful outcomes to the area’s conflicts. The focus…