KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns Tuesday’s suicide attack in Kabul which killed at least 20 civilians and injured more than 40 others. Many of those killed and wounded were women, most of them…

Former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was today elected federal president of Somalia after defeating incumbent Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a hotly contested presidential election. Mr. Farmaajo was declared the winner…

NEW YORK -The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack, which occurred on 7 February outside the Supreme Court in Kabul and resulted in at least 21 people…

“2017: The Year of Decisions” Mr President, Distinguished members of the Council, Firstly, I would like to congratulate Ukraine for presiding over the council this month. Mr President, More than one year has passed since the…

NEW YORK - We condemn today’s suicide attack outside the Supreme Court complex in Kabul. We express our condolences to the families of the victims and convey our solidarity to the Government and people of Afghanistan…

Libya - On 2 February, IOM delivered non-food aid to 300 displaced families in Awal, a remote village in Libya’s western mountain range, close to the Algerian and Tunisian borders. The distribution followed an assessment of…

Bogotá, February 03, 2017 - The National Direction of the Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (MVM) presents the progress of a verification as well as the conclusions of three breaches and two violations of the Bilateral…

KABUL - The following is near-verbatim transcript of a press conference on 6 February about the release of UNAMA’s 2016 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. Participants: •UN Secretary-General’s Special…

Goma, 2 February 2017 – The Office of the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for the Great Lakes region organized the Global Open Days on Women, Peace and Security in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo…

KABUL - The United Nations called on all warring parties in Afghanistan to take urgent steps to halt the killing and maiming of civilians, as a new UN report issued today recorded the highest ever number of civilian…

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag visited institutions of the Mabarrat foundation in Lebanon to learn about the services they provide in education, training and support for children with special needs. The…

Libya - On Friday and Saturday (3 - 4 February), four rescue-at-sea operations were conducted, resulting in the rescue of 592 migrants off western Libya. On Friday, 300 migrants (265 men, 30 women and five children—including…